亚洲石蜡供应增长平稳

中国石化新闻网讯 据亚洲润滑油周报3月9日消息，咨询公司克莱恩公司在一次网络研讨会上表示，2010年至2017年期间，亚洲石蜡供应以复合年均1%的速度缓慢增长，尽管全球石蜡供应总体出现下降，但是亚洲市场缓慢增长的趋势将持续。

2017年亚洲石蜡产量约为180万吨，占全球320万吨石蜡供应量的57%。

虽然石蜡仍在全球蜡市场占据主导地位，但随着合成蜡和植物蜡供应的增加，石蜡在全球蜡市场所占的份额已经在缓慢下滑。克莱恩公司项目经理Pooja Sharma 表示：“在过去的5-7年时间里，石蜡在全球蜡市场所占份额已经从80%下降至不到70%。”

Sharma预测，未来五年全球石蜡市场将保持稳定。欧洲和美国没有宣布重大的I类基础油装置关闭计划，因此石蜡供应预计将保持在目前的水平。亚洲的供应将略有增加，这主要是由于中国炼油工艺的改进。

张春晓 摘译自 亚洲润滑油周报

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Wax Supply Growth Flat in Asia

Asia’s petroleum wax supply grew at a compound annual rate of 1 percent between 2010 and 2017, a trend which is expected to continue despite an overall decline in global supply, said consultancy Kline & Co. in a webinar.

In 2017 Asia produced approximately 1.8 million metric tons of petroleum wax, or 57 percent of 3.2 million tons of global petroleum wax supply.

Although petroleum wax still dominates the global wax market, its share has been slowly declining as the supply of synthetic and vegetable waxes rising. “In the last five to seven years, the share of petroleum waxes has trickled down from over 80 percent to less than 70 percent,” Pooja Sharma project manager at the Parsippany, New Jersey-based consultancy noted during the presentation.

Over the next five years the market will remain static, Sharma predicts. “No significant Group I plant rationalizations have been announced in Europe and [the] U.S. for the next five years, so the supply of petroleum waxes is expected to remain stable at current levels. There will be slight supply increases In Asia, primarily due to refinery process improvements in China,” she said.