Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Kyushu Oil to Raise Processing Capacity at Japan Refinery by 26 Percent

(Bloomberg) -- Kyushu Oil Co., a closely-held
Japanese petroleum refiner, plans to increase the capacity of a
crude distillation unit by 26 percent to 24,000 barrels a day at
its Oita refinery on Japan's western Kyushu Island.

The boost to the unit's output will cost 2 billion yen
($16.5 million) and will increase the refinery's total processing
capacity to 160,000 barrels a day from 155,000 barrels a day,
Kazuki Nakai, a spokesman for the company, said by phone today.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

No comments: