美国圣克罗伊岛炼油厂2020年前恢复生产

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社休斯敦7月2日消息，位于美国维尔京群岛的圣克罗伊岛的一家闲置炼油厂的业主们表示，他们计划投资14亿美元翻新和重启该炼油厂的部分装置。

拥有Limetree Bay终端有限公司80%的股份的私人股本公司ArcLight Capital Partners预计，在2020年1月之前，该炼油厂将能够加工20万桶/日的原油，并在2020年1月前将燃料输送到市场。

该炼油厂将在2020年开始供应符合国际海事组织要求的低硫燃料。加勒比地区正面临来自委内瑞拉的燃料供应下降，委内瑞拉已大幅削减了对该地区的出口

圣克罗伊岛炼油厂在1970年代时的原油加工能力达到65万桶/日。该炼油厂在2012年停止生产，并提交破产申请，三年后出售给ArcLight和贸易公司Freepoint Commodities。

曹海斌摘译自 路透社

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Idled St. Croix refinery to restart, produce fuels by 2020

Owners of an idled oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, which was once one of the world's largest refineries, plan to invest $1.4 billion to refurbish and restart a portion of the plant, they said.

ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm that owns 80 percent of Limetree Bay Terminals LLC, expects the former Hovensa plant to be able to process 200,000 barrels per day of crude and deliver fuels to market by January 2020, officials told a news conference in St. Croix.

The refinery would supply low-sulfur fuels under an International Maritime Organization mandate that begins in 2020. The Caribbean is facing declining fuel supplies from Venezuela, which has sharply cut its shipments to the region.

In the 1970s, the refinery on St. Croix was able to process 650,000 bpd. It halted processing in 2012, filed for bankruptcy three years later and was sold to ArcLight and trading firm Freepoint Commodities.