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Japan ENEOS shut its sole crude distillation unit at the 120,000 b/d Marifu refinery in western Japan on June 22 after a fire, a company official said. The fire broke out around 8:55 pm local time June 20 from a 27,000 b/d continuous catalytic reformer, and the CCR and some desulfurization units were shut right after the fire. “We are shutting down all units [for safety reasons],” the company official said, adding that it was not immediately clear when the company would be able to restart those units. Japan’s ENEOS restarted the sole 141,000 b/d crude distillation unit at its Sakai refinery in western Japan on June 24 after completing scheduled maintenance, a spokesperson said June 28.
Japan ready to resume oil imports from Iran if sanctions lifted
President of Petroleum Association of Japan has said his country’s refiners could resume oil imports from Iran as early as three months after the U.S. sanctions on Iran are lifted, Platts reported.
In the event of confirmation of the lifting of sanctions, “we start our consideration and [the resumption of Iranian oil imports] could come as early as in three months,” Tsutomu Sugimori told an online press conference Thursday.
Sugimori’s comments came as negotiations between Iran and world powers on the 2015 nuclear deal are underway in Vienna and the two sides signal that an agreement is within reach.
Japanese refiners could resume oil imports from Iran as early as three months after confirming Iranian sanctions were being lifted, Petroleum Association of Japan President Tsutomu Sugimori said May 27. In the event of confirmation of the lifting of sanctions, “that’s when we start our consideration and [the resumption of Iranian oil imports] could come .