Japan refiners submit cracking ratio plans

摘要

Tokyo-Japanese refiners Showa Shell and TonenGeneral Sekiyu, the Japanese refining arm of ExxonMobil, have submitted to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry their plan to meet the new government regulatory requirement on raising their cracking ratios. "We have submitted our plan to METI," a Showa Shell spokesman said October 29. ?°We believe our plan would meet the govern- ment requirements," he added.