Hokkaido Refinery | Overview
Overview
| Beginning of operation | 1973 |
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| Site area | 640,000 tsubo (2,120,000 square meters: equivalent to 42 Escon fields) |
| Crude oil processing capacity | 140,000 barrels/day (22,260kL/day) |
| Location/Access | |
| Contact us by phone |
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. Hokkaido Refinery General Affairs Division Telephone number 0144-56-0121 (Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm) |
History
| 1973 | Start of operation Crude oil processing capacity 70,000 barrels/day (11,100kL/day) |
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| 1974 | Obtained JIS mark display approval |
| 1984 |
Increased processing capacity 90,000 barrels/day (14,300kL/day) Heavy gas oil hydrocracking unit begins operation |
| 1986 | Operation of vacuum distillation equipment |
| 1989 | Received TPM Excellent Business Award |
| 1993 |
Received the TPM Excellent Workplace Award Special Award Increased processing capacity 130,000 barrels/day (20,600kL/day) Operation of debenzene equipment |
| 1994 | Heavy oil fluid catalytic cracking unit in operation |
| 1996 |
Obtained ISO9002 certification Light oil deep desulfurization equipment in operation |
| 1998 | Obtained ISO14001 certification |
| 1999 | Increased processing capacity 140,000 barrels/day (22,300kL/day) |
| 2004 | Cracking gasoline desulfurization equipment begins operation |
| Year 2005 | Started shipping sulfur-free gasoline and diesel oil |
| 2010 | Obtained social and environmental contribution green space evaluation system (SEGES) certification. |
| 2014 | Increased processing capacity 160,000 barrels/day (25,440kL/day) |
| 2017 | Processing capacity reduction 150,000 barrels/day (23,850kL/day) |
| 2021 | Acquired high pressure gas specific certification (commonly known as super certification) operator certification. |
| 2024 | Processing capacity reduction: 140,000 barrels/day (22,260 kL/day) |