雪佛龙11月将重启Gorgon工厂LNG生产

    中国石化新闻网讯 据能源世界网11月2日新加坡报道，雪佛龙公司上周五晚间表示，预计其位于西澳大利亚州的Gorgon液化天然气工厂2号生产线的液化天然气生产将在11月下半月恢复，这将是第二次推迟。

    澳大利亚第二大液化天然气工厂的2号生产线自5月份以来一直处于关闭状态，进行维护。由于生产装置的丙烷炉出现裂缝，维修时间延长了。

    该公司最初希望在9月初完成修复工作，但由于需要更多的时间进行修复工作，因此进一步推迟到10月份。

    雪佛龙首席财务官Pierre Breber在上周五的第三季度财报电话会议上表示，焊缝修复工作已经完成，该生产线正在恢复运行，雪佛龙已经开始从维修和延长维修中开始重新调试该生产线。

    他补充道，下一步是使系统变干，然后我们将开始冷却-我们预计这将需要数周的时间，第一批液化天然气将在11月下半月生产。

    一旦2号生产线恢复运行，雪佛龙将关闭1号生产线，然后对其进行检查，确定是否需要维修，以及关闭多长时间。Breber补充道，紧随其后的是3号生产线。

    Gorgon工厂每年生产1560万吨LNG，相当于2019年全球LNG贸易的4.5％。

    该公司作为Gorgon的运营商拥有47.3％的股份。 埃克森美孚（Exxon Mobil Corp）和荷兰皇家壳牌集团（Royal Dutch Shell Group）分别拥有25％的股份，其余股份分别由日本的大阪煤气，东京煤气和JERA持有。

    郝芬 译自 能源世界网

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    Chevron aims for Nov restart of LNG production at Australia's Gorgon plant

    Chevron Corp said late on Friday it expects liquefied natural gas production at Train 2 of its Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia to resume in the second half of November, delaying it a second time.

    Train 2 at Australia's second-largest LNG plant has been shut since May for maintenance, which was extended after cracks were found in the production unit's propane kettles.

    The company had initially hoped to complete the repairs by early September, and was further delayed to October as more time was needed for repair work.

    Weld repairs are complete with the Train now in the process of getting back online and Chevron has started the recommisioning process from the maintenance and the extended maintenance, said Chevron Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber in the company's third quarter earnings call on Friday.

    "The next steps are to dry out the system and then we'll begin cool down - we expect this to take several weeks which will put first LNG production in the second half of November," he added.

    Chevron will shut Train 1 once Train 2 is back online and will then inspect it and determine if repairs are needed and how long it will be down for. This will be followed by Train 3, added Breber.

    The Gorgon plant produces 15.6 million tonnes of LNG annually, equating to about 4.5% of global LNG trade in 2019.

    The company is operator and 47.3% owner of Gorgon. Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Group own 25% stake each, with the rest held by Japan's Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and JERA .