美国炼油产能将出现近10年来的首次大幅下降

    中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工在线8月4日消息，美国炼油产能今年可能出现近10年来最大降幅，原因是与疫情相关的旅行限制和一场火灾导致多家工厂关闭，扭转了多年来的小幅增长。

    由于新冠病毒疫情大流行导致全球燃料需求减少高达30%，全球范围内的炼油商已经闲置了一些炼油厂。

    在美国，马拉松石油公司将关闭位于加州和新墨西哥州的炼油厂，以应对需求下滑。费城能源解决方案公司(Philadelphia Energy Solutions)在去年夏天发生火灾和一系列爆炸后关闭了旗下一家加工能力为33.5万桶/日的炼油厂，并将其卖给了一家房地产开发商。据路透社计算，这三家炼油厂的加工能力合计为52.3万桶/日，占美国炼油总产能的近3%，美国炼油总产能已降至1,850万桶/天。

    张春晓 摘译自 烃加工在线

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    U.S. refining capacity poised for first big drop in nearly a decade

    U.S. oil refining capacity this year could decline by the largest amount in nearly a decade as pandemic-related travel curbs and a fire shut several plants, reversing years of small gains.

    Refiners globally have been idling plants as the COVID-19 pandemic slashed fuel demand as much as 30%. In the United States, Marathon Petroleum Corp will close California and New Mexico plants in response to the demand slump.

    Philadelphia Energy Solutions closed and sold its refinery to a property developer after a fire and series of explosions tore through the plant last summer.

    The three processed a combined 523,000 barrels per day of oil, or nearly 3% of total U.S. refining, reducing capacity to 18.5 million bpd, according to Reuters calculations.