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Kaohsiung Refinery

Coordinates: 22°42′15.8″N 120°18′10.1″E / 22.704389°N 120.302806°E / 22.704389; 120.302806
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Kaohsiung Refinery
高雄煉油廠
Kaohsiung Refinery is located in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung Refinery
Location of Kaohsiung Refinery
高雄煉油廠
CityNanzi, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates22°42′15.8″N 120°18′10.1″E / 22.704389°N 120.302806°E / 22.704389; 120.302806
Refinery details
OperatorCPC Corporation
Owner(s)CPC Corporation
Decommissioned2015
Capacity220,000 bbl/d (35,000 m3/d)

The Kaohsiug Refinery (traditional Chinese: 高雄煉油廠; simplified Chinese: 高雄炼油厂; pinyin: Gāoxióng Liànyóu Chǎng) was an oil refinery in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

History

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The construction for the refinery was firstly proposed in 1987.[1] The refinery was closed in 2015 and its refinery activities were transferred to Dalin Refinery.[2]

Architecture

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The refinery spanned over an area of 273 hectares.[3] It had a capacity to process 220,000 barrel of crude oil per day.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ferry, Timothy (17 April 2017). "Petrochemicals Under Fire". AmCham Taiwan. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Downstream Operations". CPC Corporation, Taiwan. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ Ferry, Timothy (21 February 2018). "Kaohsiung Fights to Reclaim Polluted Ground". The News Lens. Retrieved 7 June 2021.