南非沙索再次上调美国莱克查尔斯石化项目成本估算

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯5月22日消息，南非沙索公司周三上调了位于美国路易斯安那州陷入困境的莱克查尔斯石化项目的成本估算，并对该项目控制不力展开了独立调查。

这家总部位于南非的石油化工和能源公司表示，目前预计莱克查尔斯项目将耗资126亿至129亿美元。

沙索公司这个旨在将在美国的化工产能提高两倍以上的项目已多次受到成本上涨的冲击。沙索公司此前在2月份估计，该项目的成本将高达118亿美元，而2015年该项目获得批准时的成本约为90亿美元。

沙索公司表示，截至3月底，莱克查尔斯项目已完工96%，总投资114亿美元。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

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Sasol Raises Cost Estimate for Lake Charles Project Again

Sasol Ltd. (SOL.JO) on Wednesday raised the cost estimate for its troubled Lake Charles chemicals operation in Louisiana and launched an independent review into poor controls over the project.

The South Africa-based petrochemical and energy company said it now expects the Lake Charles project to cost between $12.6 billion and $12.9 billion.

The project, intended to more than triple Sasol's chemical production capacity in the U.S, has been hit by repeated cost increases. Sasol's previous estimate in February was for a cost of up to $11.8 billion, compared with around $9 billion when the project was approved in 2015.

As of the end of March, Sasol said Lake Charles is 96% completed and that it has spent a total of $11.4 billion.