Japan's JX plans Sept crude refining down 5pc y/y

TOKYO: Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp said on Thursday it would refine 1.01 million barrels per day (4.82 million kilolitres) of crude oil in September for domestic consumption, down 5 percent from a year earlier.

Its August crude refining for domestic consumption was estimated at 5.09 million bpd (1.03 million kl), down 13 percent from the year-earlier period, slightly lower than the original plan of 1.05 million barrels per day (5.19 million kl), a company spokeswoman said.