Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan suffered losses when fire seriously damaged its oil refinery and a naphtha storage tank in Tomakomai on Hokkaido Island following an earthquake early this week. The tank fire was extinguished some 44 hours after the blaze erupted, while the refinery raged for 34 hours. The fire broke out after strong…
JAPAN: Earthquake fires damaged Idemitsu refinery and naphtha tank
Posted on October 3, 2003 by EnergyAsia