Cosmo Oil Company
| Type | Public corporation TYO: 5007 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Petroleum and petrochemicals |
| Founded | Established 1939-09-04 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Yaichi Kimura, President |
| Revenue | ¥2,831 billion (FY 2006) |
| Employees | 1,916 (March 31, 2007) |
| Website | www.cosmo-oil.co.jp (English) |
Cosmo Oil Company, Limited (コスモ石油株式会社 Kosumo Sekiyu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese petrochemical company.
History
Cosmo traces its corporate roots to Maruzen Petroleum (丸善石油株式会社), a company established in 1931, although the oil business operated by Maruzen was originally established by Zenzo Matsumura in Kobe in 1907.
Cosmo Oil Company was formed on April 1, 1986, through the merger of Maruzen Petroleum and Daikyo Petroleum, a group of oil businesses based in Niigata Prefecture which merged together in 1939.
A major fire occurred at the Cosmo refinery in Ichihara as a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.[1][2][3] It was extinguished after ten days, killing or injuring six people, and destroying storage tanks[4][5]
Refineries
Cosmo operates four refineries, all of which are located in Japan:
- Ichihara, Chiba (former Maruzen refinery): 240,000 barrels/day
- Yokkaichi, Mie (former Daikyo refinery): 155,000 barrels/day
- Sakaide, Kagawa (former Asia Oil refinery): 120,000 barrels/day
- Sakai, Osaka (former Maruzen refinery): 80,000 barrels/day
References
- ↑ "Japan earthquake causes oil refinery inferno". London: Daily Telegraph. 11 March 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375497/Japan-earthquake-causes-oil-refinery-inferno.html. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ "Natural gas storage tanks burn at Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city". Reuters AlertNet. 11 March 2011. http://www.trust.org/alertnet/multimedia/pictures/detail.dot?mediaInode=50cde84c-27ff-443c-8ffc-1183be4ce4c2. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ Watkins, Eric. "After 8.9 quake, explosion hits pchem complex in Japan". Los Angeles: Penn Energy. http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/0223973745/articles/oil-gas-journal/general-interest-2/20100/march-2011/after-8_9_quake__explosion.html.
- ↑ http://www.cosmo-oil.co.jp/eng/information/110321/index.html
- ↑ http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/0223973745/articles/oil-gas-journal/general-interest-2/20100/march-2011/after-8_9_quake__explosion.html
External links
| 40x40px | Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cosmo Oil Company |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40x30px | This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub. You can help Oilfield Wiki by expanding it. |
| 25px | This article about a natural gas or petroleum-related company is a stub. You can help Oilfield Wiki by expanding it. |
