The Mailiao Refinery is an oil refinery complex on an artificial island in Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.
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_location_map.svg)  Location of Mailiao Refinery | |
| City | Mailiao, Yunlin County, Taiwan |
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| Coordinates | 23°47′32.4″N 120°11′41.6″E / 23.792333°N 120.194889°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Owner(s) | Formosa Plastics Corp |
| Commissioned | 2000 |
| Capacity | 540,000[1] bbl/d (86,000 m3/d) |
History edit
The refinery began its first phase of production in 2000 with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. In 2002, it reached its full capacity at 450,000 barrels per day.[2]
Architecture edit
The refinery consists of 28 storage tanks for crude oil with an individual capacity of 130,000 m3.[2]
Incidents edit
- On 6 September 2011, a fire broke out at Formosa Petrochemical's No. 3 refinery plant. The fire started because of a leakage during the start of an alkylation unit at the plant but was put out within 30 minutes.[3]
- On 15 July 2020, a fire broke out at No. 2 residual desulphurization unit.[4][5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Taiwan's Formosa Restarts Naphtha Cracker; Not Yet At Full-Tilt". Rigzone. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Mailiao Refinery". A Barrel Full. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Chen, Kevin (7 September 2011). "FPC Mailiao plant suffers another fire". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Taiwan's Mailiao refinery complex hit by fire". Argus Media. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Formosa Shuts Mailiao Refinery Unit after Fire". Inspectioneering. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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