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Site Data : Chiba Refinery

Site Profile (as of March 31, 2006)

photo : Chiba Refinery
MAP : Chiba Refinery
Address 2 Goi Kaigan, Ichihara, Chiba
Start-up February 1963
Total area 1,168,766m2
Company staffs 340
Capacity 240,000 barrels/day
ISO 9001 December 25, 1996
ISO 14001 March 13, 1998
Number of visitors to the Refinery in FY2005
46 visits 367 people
No accident record (as of December 2005)
17,090,000 hours
PCB custody status
High voltage condensers
65 units
High voltage transformers
25 units
 
Others

Number of Staff holding Environmental Qualifications (as of March 31, 2006)

Air pollution control manager 15
Water pollution control manager 20
Noise pollution control manager 4
Dioxin pollution control manager 2
Hazardous materials officer (Class A & B) 579
High-pressure gas production safety manager (Class A & B) 239
Qualified person for heat management 17
Qualified person for electricity management 5
Specially-controlled industrial waste manager 1
Engineering manager for disposal facilities of industrial waste 1
Boiler operator (Special grade) 4
Boiler operator (1st & 2nd grade) 306

Regulated Pollutants

Air pollutants

Pollutant Standard Actual performance in FY2005
Maximum Average
NOx (m3N/hour; total pollutant load control) 141.1 116.9 93.5
SOx (m3N/hour; total pollutant load control) 157.5 150.4 108.8
Particulate (boiler; g/m3N) 0.07 0.02 0.026

Water pollutants

Pollutant Standard Actual performance in FY2005
Maximum Average
COD (kg/day; total pollutant load control) 223 207.2 110.0
COD (mg/l) 25 2.8 3.5
SS (mg/l) 50 9.2 6.5
Oil Content (mg/l) 3 0.6 0.6
Nitrogen (kg/day; total pollutant load control) 222 195.6 99.3
Nitrogen (mg/l) (10) 2.0 1.6
Phosphorus (kg/day; total pollutant load control) 12.5 4.7 2.2
Phosphorus (mg/l) (1) 0.13 0.08
Phenols (mg/l) 0.5 Below measurement threshold

Note: Value in ( ) are daily average.

Environmental Performance (PRTR)

PRTR listed substances Releases Transfers
Air Water Soil Total
Ethylbenzene (kg/year) 280 0 0 280 0
Xylene (kg/year) 1,100 0 0 1,100 0
1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (kg/year) 1.0 0 0 1.0 0
Toluene (kg/year) 7,400 0 0 7,400 0
Benzene (kg/year) 860 0 0 860 0
Dioxins (mg-TEQ/year) 0.00 0 0 0 0.00

Note: In addition to above, we treat 2-aminoethanol, cobalt and its compounds, nickel compounds, molybdenum and its compounds, cresol, cyclohexylamine, tetrachloroethylene, nonylphenol, and hydrazine over 1,000 kg per year, the release and transfer volume are 0 kg per year for all substances.

Environmental Performance (energy, etc.)

graph : Energy Consumption
graph : CO2 Emissions
graph : Sulfur Oxide (SOx) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Emissions
graph : COD Discharge
graph : Industrial Waste

Environmental Accounting

Environmental conservation costs

(million yen)
Category and Key Activity FY2005
Investment Expense
1. Business area costs Pollution prevention 67 1,629
  Global environment conservation 0 3,199
  Resource circulation 0 289
2. Upstream and downstream costs Green purchasing 0 0
  Reducing environmental impact of products 1,126 23,309
  Reducing sulfur content of products (1,072) (20,102)
  Replacement of toxic substances in gasoline (53) (3,207)
3. Administration cost   0 128
4. Research and development cost   0 0
5. Social activity cost   0 1
6. Environmental remediation cost   0 0
Total 1,193 28,555

Note: Purchasing recycled paper: 1 million yen

Economic benefits

(million yen)
Details of Benefit FY2005
Energy conservation (cogeneration) 331
Total 331

Environmental conservation benefits

Item FY2005
Concentration / unit value Impact
(1) Benefits corresponding to worksite costs    
Resources input into business activities    
Energy input 8.21 (kl-crude/1,000kl) 28,886 (TJ)
Water input 127 (kg/kl) 11,510 (1,000t)
Related to environmental impacts and wastes    
Emissions to air CO2 22.08 (kg-CO2/kl) 2,003 (1,000t-CO2)
  SOx 27.6 (g/kl) 2,503 (t)
  NOx 18.5 (g/kl) 1,682 (t)
  Benzene 0.01 (g/kl) 0.86 (t)
Discharge to water COD 0.44 (g/kl) 40.2 (t)
Industrial waste Generated 173 (g/kl) 15,668 (t)
  Recycled 58 (g/kl) 5,243 (t)
  Landfill 1 (g/kl) 110 (t)
(2) Benefits related to upstream and downstream costs    
Benefits of reducing environmental impact in products    
Reducing sulfur content of products (sulfur content : mass%) (potential SOx : t)
  High octane gasoline 0.0005 3
  Regular gasoline 0.0004 12
  Naphtha 0.0282 600
  Jet fuel oil 0.0112 180
  Kerosene 0.0005 13
  Diesel fuel oil 0.0007 31
  Heavy fuel oil A 0.4003 9,247
  Heavy fuel oil C 0.7139 25,140
  LPG 0.0005 3
  Total 0.1713 35,230
Reducing benzene in gasoline 0.4383 (volume%) 9,454 (t)
Reduction of CO2 emissions from product use 2.5162 (t-CO2/kl) 32,763 (1,000t-CO2)
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