据世界能源网2019年11月4日休斯顿报道,自第二季度开始以来,美国炼油企业大幅削减了季节性原油加工量,避免了汽油和馏分油的潜在供应过剩,但加剧了原油库存压力。
自今年年初以来,美国炼油厂平均每天加工原油1664万桶,而去年同期为1694万桶/日。
部分损失可归因于:在6月底的火灾中,费城能源解决方案(PES)炼油厂33.5万桶的日产能遭到破坏。
但从火灾前的3月份开始,炼油厂的运营利率就低于去年;并在夏季驾车季节结束后,将加工量大幅削减至2016年以来的最低水平。
根据美国能源信息管理局的数据,美国东海岸的炼油厂(即PES炼油厂所在地,PES拥有东海岸炼油厂中最大的炼油能力,33.5万桶/日)今年以来平均减少13.7万桶/日的加工量。
今年到目前为止,墨西哥湾海岸的炼厂也平均减少12.1万桶/日的加工量,西海岸则减少了5.4万桶/日的加工量。
詹晓晶 摘自 世界能源网
原文如下:
U.S. Refiners Control Gasoline, Diesel Oversupply
U.S. refiners have cut seasonal crude processing sharply since the start of the second quarter, averting a potential oversupply of gasoline and distillates, but worsening the build up of crude stocks.
U.S. refiners have processed an average 16.64 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude since the start of the year compared with 16.94 million bpd at the same point in 2018.
Some of the loss can be attributed to the destruction of the 335,000 bpd Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery by fire near the end of June.
But refiners started running below prior-year rates from March, before the fire, and have cut processing sharply after the end of the summer driving season to the lowest level since 2016.
Refiners on the East Coast, site of the PES refinery, have cut processing by an average of 137,000 bpd so far this year, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
But refiners on the Gulf Coast have also reduced processing by an average of 121,000 bpd so far and on the West Coast by 54,000 bpd.