TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, said on Friday it had shut down a 141,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sakai refinery on February 17 after a fire there that day.
A company spokesperson declined to comment on the cause of the unplanned shutdown or say when it might restart.
The refiner, which is a unit of Eneos Holdings, restarted the 172,100 bpd No.2 CDU at its Kawasaki refinery on February 13 after an unplanned shutdown on January 29, the spokesperson added.
Eneos also conducted an unplanned shutdown of the 136,000 bpd CDU at its Oita refinery from January 21 to 27, the spokesperson said.
The company plans to shut the 105,000 bpd No.3 CDU at its Mizushima-B refinery later this month for scheduled maintenance.
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Edwina Gibbs and Rachna Uppal)
