Idemitsu shuts 165,000-bpd Aichi CDU for scheduled maintenance

TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Idemitsu Kosan, Japan's second-largest oil refiner, shut the 165,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Aichi refinery in central Japan on September 16 for planned maintenance, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. The refiner declined to provide a timeline for the unit's restart. Its smaller rival Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings , also shut the 100,000-bpd CDU at its Sakai refinery in western Japan on August 27 for scheduled maintenance, with operations expected to resume in October, a company spokesperson said. Japan's largest refiner, Eneos Corp, a unit of Eneos Holdings, shut the 172,100-bpd No. 2 CDU at its Kawasaki refinery, near Tokyo, on August 16 for scheduled turnaround, according to a company spokesperson. The company plans to restart the unit in late November. (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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