Shōwa Shell Sekiyu

Shōwa Shell Sekiyu
legal form	Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company)
ISIN	JP3366800005
founding	1985
Seat	Minato , Tokyo , Japan
management	Tsuyoshi Kameoka ( CEO )
sales	2,178 billion yen (17.2 billion euros )
Branch	Petroleum, petrochemicals
Website	www.showa-shell.co.jp
As of December 31, 2015

Shōwa Shell Sekiyu KK ( Japanese 昭和 シ ェ ル 石油 株式会社 , Shōwa Sheru Sekiyu Kabushiki-gaisha ; English Showa Shell Sekiyu KK ) is a Japanese petrochemical company based in Tokyo .

Showa Shell is the founded in 1942, Showa Sekiyu KK (Engl. Showa Oil Co., Ltd. ) and 1900 by Samuel Samuel from the shell founding family founded Rising Sun Sekiyu KK (in contemporary writing ライジングサン石油株式會社, Raijingu San Sekiyu KK , English Rising Sun Petroleum Co. Ltd. ). In 1948 the Rising Sun Seikyu was renamed Shell Sekiyu KK . The two companies cooperated from 1951, followed by the final merger in 1985.

In 2006 Showa Shell founded the CIGS solar cell manufacturer Solar Frontier . In mid-2016, he opened a new plant in Miyagi Prefecture .

In 2015 Showa Shell merged its LPG imports with those of Cosmo Oil , Sumitomo Corporation and TonenGeneral to form Gyxis Corporation .

Refineries

• Keihin refinery of Toa Sekiyu KK ( 東 亜 石油 , Toa Oil Co., Ltd. ) in Kawasaki District , Kawasaki , Kanagawa (70,000 BBL)
• Yokkaichi Refinery of Shōwa Yokkaichi Sekiyu KK ( 昭和 四日 市 石油 , English Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Co., Ltd. ) in Yokkaichi , Mie (255,000 BBL)
• Yamaguchi refinery of Seibu Seikyu KK ( 西部 石油 , Eng.Seibu Oil Co., Ltd. ) in San'yō-Onoda , Yamaguchi (120,000 BBL)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Who we are
2. ↑ Annual Report 2015
3. ^ Solar Frontier's Tohoku Plant Begins Commercial Production , June 1, 2016
4. ^ Four Japanese companies form an LPG importer , March 12, 2015
5. ^ Website of Tōa Sekiyu
6. ^ Website Shōwa Yokkaichi Sekiyu
7. ↑ Seibu Sekiyu website
8. ^ History and Current Refinery Capacity
9. ↑ kankei-gaisha
10. ^ Shell (corporate website of Royal Dutch Shell plc): Shell in Japan> Shōwa Shell Sekiyu KK