Vietnam refinery fails to tap oil boom over boardroom discord

Nghi Son facility hopes to recover from output cut at worst time

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Diminished production at Vietnam's Nghi Son oil refinery has caused a gasoline shortage throughout the country. (Photo courtesy of Idemitsu Kosan)

NAOYUKI TOYAMA and TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/HANOI -- Vietnam's leading refinery appears to have missed out on a golden opportunity, slashing output during a global oil rally because of a lack of coordination among the project's stakeholders.

Nghi Son refinery has the capacity to process 200,000 barrels of crude oil a day. But the site in northern Vietnam lowered the operating rate in January, eventually declining to nearly half of the capacity at one point in February.

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