Japan’s Fuji Oil plans maintenance at Sodegaura refinery around May-June

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese refiner Fuji Oil Co Ltd plans to shut the 143,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sodegaura oil refinery for scheduled maintenance around May-June, a company spokesperson told Reuters.

The maintenance at the refinery, near Tokyo, will be a minor one and is expected to take about one month, he said on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)