Wakayama refinery
The Wakayama refinery was a medium sized cracking refinery located on the Pacific coast of central Japan.
The refinery was 100% owned and operated by Eneos.
ENEOS shut the refinery in October 2023 and plans to convert to a SAF plant
Refinery configuration
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 11.2
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 120 kbpd
Reformer - Semiregen unit
Refinery history
Refinery history
1941 - Refinery commissioned by Tonen
2022 - CDU unit de-rated to 120 kbpd
2023 - Decommissioned CDU capacity
2026 - Eneos and TotalEnergies plan to install a 310ktpy SAF plant at the refinery, using cooking oil, waste oils, and/or synthetic feed as feedstock