http://www.abarrelfull.co.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nishihara_RefineryNishihara Refinery - Revision history2026-06-19T19:13:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.1http://www.abarrelfull.co.uk/index.php?title=Nishihara_Refinery&diff=1188&oldid=prevAbarrelfull: Created page with "Summary Information Ownership: Nansei Sekiyu, (Petrobras) Website: http://www.petrobras.com List of Petrobras Refineries Location: Okinawa, Japan Capacity: 5.0 million tons/an..."2020-03-06T17:27:21Z<p>Created page with "Summary Information Ownership: Nansei Sekiyu, (Petrobras) Website: http://www.petrobras.com List of Petrobras Refineries Location: Okinawa, Japan Capacity: 5.0 million tons/an..."</p>
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Ownership: Nansei Sekiyu, (Petrobras)<br />
Website: http://www.petrobras.com<br />
List of Petrobras Refineries<br />
Location: Okinawa, Japan<br />
Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day<br />
Nelson Complexity:<br />
Refining Depth:<br />
Brief Description<br />
A small to medium sized low complexity refinery<br />
Refining Units<br />
Atmospheric Distillation<br />
Catalytic Reformer - 13,500<br />
Catalytic Hydrotreating<br />
Naphtha - 25,000<br />
Diesel - 19,000<br />
Terminal Capacity<br />
Crude Oil:<br />
Refined Products: 9.6 million barrels<br />
Crude Supply<br />
The refinery uses light crude oil, bought on the spot market<br />
Products Produced<br />
gasoline, aviation fuels, kerosene, and low sulphur fuel oil<br />
LSFO is exported to China<br />
Ongoing Projects<br />
See Nishihara Refinery Upgrade Project<br />
Petrobras plans to upgrade the refinery in order to be able to process heavy Brazilian crudes, but the project has been on hold.<br />
The refinery will also need to upgrade in order to meet new regualtions.<br />
Other Information<br />
The refinery is running below capacity, because of its low complexity and lack of local demand<br />
History<br />
2008 - Petrobras purchased the refinery from ExxonMobil for 5.5 billion yen<br />
2011 - Petrobras announced it was looking to sell all or part of the refinery<br />
Relevant Links<br />
Refinery Website<br />
Completion of Nansei Sekiyu Stock Transfer<br />
Brazil's Petrobras weighs Japan refinery upgrade<br />
Petrobras may sell whole Japan refinery, not just stake<br />
Petrobras signs purchase agreement of Japanese refinery</div>Abarrelfull