12月份亚洲MTBE市场供应将过剩

中国石化新闻网讯 据安迅思新加坡11月20日消息，受马来西亚新建产能将投产的影响，12月份亚洲甲基叔丁基醚（MTBE）供应预计将出现过剩。

一位贸易商表示：“我们预计12月份有很多MTBE货物抵达亚洲市场，包括来自于中东和马来西亚国家石油公司PETRONAS的常规船货。”

马来西亚马国油边佳兰炼油和石化公司(PRefChem)已经计划12月份开启新建75万吨/年的MTBE装置。

该公司当前正在对丁二烯装置进行测试运行，该装置是MTBE装置的上游装置。

该MTBE装置的投产或将改变马来西亚市场基本面，从MTBE净进口国转变为净出口国。

今年8月，马来西亚的MTBE进口量为39213吨，而出口量为4810吨。

一批来自于中东的1.5万吨MTBE货物将在11月底左右装船，在新加坡海峡沿岸有多个卸货港。

来自中国的两批MTBE货物（其中一批为5000吨，另一批为2000吨）已经在11月下半月装船并正在南下，目的地是东南亚国家。

唐绍红 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Asia MTBE supply to lengthen in Dec as new capacity comes on stream

Asia’s methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) supply is expected to lengthen in December as a new capacity in Malaysia is due to come on stream.

“We project many cargoes arriving in December, including regular shipments from the Mideast and PETRONAS,” a trader said.

Malaysia’s PETRONAS Pengerang Refinery and Petrochemical (PRefChem) has planned to start up in December its new MTBE plant with a nameplate capacity of 750,000 tonnes/year.

The company is now conducting test runs at its butadiene (BD) unit, the immediate upstream process unit of MTBE.

The MTBE plant start-up is likely to switch the Malaysia’s market position fundamentally, from a net importer to a net exporter of the material.

In August, its MTBE imports stood at 39,213 tonnes, against exports of 4,810 tonnes.

A 15,000-tonne parcel from the Middle East will be loaded around end-November, with multiple discharge ports along the Singapore straits.

From China, two parcels - 5,000 tonnes and 2,000 tonnes - were loaded in H2 November for a southbound voyage, with destinations in southeast Asian countries.