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.

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)

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.