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Japan’s Refinery Woes Expose Fragile Crude Demand and Supplier Risk

omc_adminBy omc_adminJune 5, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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Japan’s top refiner, Eneos Corp, has reported an unplanned shutdown at its 77,000 bpd No.3 crude distillation unit (CDU) at the Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo. The outage began June 4 with no timeline given for a restart. While the scale of the disruption is relatively modest in global terms, the implications run far deeper.

This is the latest in a string of outages for Eneos—one CDU was just brought back online in Mizushima after planned maintenance, while another in Sakai remains offline until July. But more critically, it reflects the structural fragility in Japan’s refining sector and deepens questions about the reliability of Asia’s long-term crude demand growth.

Crude runs in Japan are already under sustained pressure. The country’s population is aging and shrinking, dragging down transport fuel demand. Its refining sector is facing stiff competition from newer, more efficient facilities across Asia and the Middle East, and domestic policy continues to tilt toward carbon-free energy.

That backdrop makes every outage count more. Even temporary disruptions can send crude exporters scrambling, particularly Middle Eastern suppliers like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which now account for over 80% of Japan’s oil imports. With Japanese import volumes already in long-term decline, supply contracts from OPEC+ mainstays are becoming more concentrated—and more exposed to short-term operational risk.

Japan’s CDU utilization is seasonally lower in Q2, but the structural headwinds are what matter here. As Vortexa data shows, 2024 crude arrivals into Japan are already trending at the low end of the 9-year range. And with U.S. tariffs and Chinese demand softness weighing on Japanese exports, refiners may have little incentive to ramp back up aggressively once maintenance ends.

For crude exporters betting on Asia to absorb barrels displaced by the U.S. slowdown or European green policy, Japan’s trajectory is a warning sign. The old demand anchors are shifting—and they’re taking refining margins with them.

By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com

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