We would like to offer our sincere apologies for all the trouble and distress caused by the fire that broke out in our Chiba oil refinery around 5:40 a.m. on April 16, 2006.
The circumstances at 6:00 p.m. on April 24 are as follows.
| Accident Investigation Committee |
Following the recent site investigation by the third-party academic experts and officers from relevant authorities who comprise the "Chiba Oil Refinery Accident Investigation Committee for the Vacuum Gas Oil Desulfurization Unit and the Hydrogen Production Unit No. 1," the first meeting of the Committee will be held on April 27 (Thursday). |
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| Facilities shut down for safety |
The vacuum gas oil desulfurization unit and the hydrogen manufacturing unit No.1 have been shut down by order of the Fire Department since immediately after the accident. We also took the autonomous decision to shut down the atmospheric distillation unit No.2, vacuum distillation unit No.2, and hydrogenerated desulfurization unit No.4. |
* We will continuously and fully cooperate with the relevant authorities and make our utmost efforts to identify the cause of the fire and to take measures against future reoccurrence.
