Japan's Seibu Oil to Close, Convert Yamaguchi Refinery

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Seibu Oil Company Limited, a subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan Company Limited (Tokyo, Japan), is permanently closing its Yamaguchi Refinery in Sanyo-Onoda, Japan, in March.

The company expects demolition of the 120,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) refinery will be completed by 2030. The site is to be converted to a carbon-free power plant and research and development center. Seibu Oil also hopes to construct a terminal for hydrogen and ammonia production in the future.

Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Marketing Intelligence (GMI) Petroleum Refining Project and Plant databases can learn more in a detailed plant profile, and detailed project reports on the turbine and boiler dismantlements and refining unit dismantlement.

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