Taoyuan Refinery

Coordinates: 25°02′00.0″N 121°18′23.1″E / 25.033333°N 121.306417°E / 25.033333; 121.306417
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Taoyuan Refinery
桃園煉油廠
Taoyuan Refinery is located in Taiwan
Taoyuan Refinery
Location of Taoyuan Refinery
桃園煉油廠
CityGuishan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Coordinates25°02′00.0″N 121°18′23.1″E / 25.033333°N 121.306417°E / 25.033333; 121.306417
Refinery details
OperatorCPC Corporation
Owner(s)CPC Corporation
Commissioned1976
Capacity200,000 bbl/d (32,000 m3/d)

The Taoyuan Refinery (traditional Chinese: 桃園煉油廠; simplified Chinese: 桃园炼油厂; pinyin: Táoyuán Liànyóu Chǎng) is an oil refinery in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

History[edit]

The planning to establish the refinery was made in 1970. The refinery was commissioned in 1976.[1] It started its full operation in April 1977.[2] In 2008, a gasoline pyrolysis and hydro-desulfurization unit was constructed at the refinery with a capacity of 30,000 barrels per day.[3]

Technical specifications[edit]

The refinery has a capacity to process 200,000 barrel of crude oil per day.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CPC's Kaohsiung oil refinery now officially closed". F+L Daily. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Motivation". Taiwan School. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Downstream Operations". CPC Corporation, Taiwan. Retrieved 7 June 2021.