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Japan always worried about shortage of gasoline in the Pacific War. The table shows the import and the production of gasloine etc. US banned export of high quality aviation gasoline in December 1939 and low quality gasoline (less than 87 octane) in Jul 1940. IJA Tokuyama oil refinery plant suceeded in production of 92 octane aviation gasoline in March 1937. IJA Yokkaichi oil refinery accomplished a crude distillation unit in June 1941. IJA Mancuria oil refinery plant succeeded in production of 92.6 aviation gasoline in September 1944.
Japan occupied Java in 1942. So occupied oil plants of Palembang began export of gasoline to Japan. The export of gasoline increased in 1943. But it decreased again because oil tankers were sunk by US submrines and aircraft in 1944. IJA Iwakuni oil refinery plant began to produce gasoline in 1943. But the plant could not work well because of shortage of imported oil in the end of 1944. The last two oil tanker from the south entered Tokuyama Port on Mar 1945. But 112 B-29s released 500lb bombs of 549t on 10 May 1945. 40% of the bombs hit it and destroyed. IJA had stock of 300kL (1,887bbl) aviation gasoline only in the end of the Pacific War.
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