马拉松石油公司取消阿纳科尔特炼油厂石化项目

据油气在线1月6日报道，马拉松石油公司（MPC）已经取消了推进石化原料生产项目的计划，该项目是由前特索罗公司（Tesoro Corp.）提出的，旨在提高西雅图以北约70英里的11.9万桶/日阿纳科尔特（Anacorte，Wash.）炼油厂的二甲苯回收率。

MPC公司于12月30日与六个环境组织签署的最终协议中，同意取消生产1.5万桶/日混合二甲苯的计划——该产品曾计划通过萨利什海出口海外，用于制造塑料产品。MPC公司取消计划的目的是换取上述环境组织放弃对该公司在华盛顿州斯卡吉特县的炼油项目相关许可的上诉。

环保组织称，生产和出口混合二甲苯的提议将大幅增加炼油厂能耗，并需要用油轮将大量原料及精炼产品运往亚太地区，这相当于在路上增加75000辆汽车所带来的环境影响。

根据协议内容，六个环保组织已同意不反对MPC子公司Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC建设其海洋蒸汽排放控制系统（MVEC）。该系统将用于捕获和燃烧在MPC码头装卸石化产品期间可能释放并会造成污染的逸散蒸汽。

贾丽 摘译自 油气在线

原文如下：

Marathon Petroleum cancels Anacortes refinery petrochemicals project

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) has cancelled plans to move forward with a petrochemical feedstock project proposed by former Tesoro Corp. to enhance xylene recovery at the 119,000-b/d Anacortes, Wash., refinery about 70 miles north of Seattle .

In deal finalized on Dec. 30, MPC agreed to withdraw plans to manufacture and export 15,000 b/d of mixed xylenes—petrochemicals used to make plastics—through the Salish Sea in exchange for six environmental organizations to drop an ongoing appeal of related permits for the refinery project in Skagit County, Wash.

The proposal to produce and export mixed xylenes would have caused a dramatic increase in energy use required for the refinery and would have required the transport of large quantities of feedstocks, as well as shipping tankers of the refined product, to the Asia-Pacific region, resulting in a climate impact equivalent to adding 75,000 vehicles to the road.

As part of the deal, the six environmental organizations have agreed not to oppose MPC subsidiary Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC in constructing its marine-vapor emission control system (MVEC). The MVEC system will capture and burn fugitive vapors that could otherwise be released and cause pollution during loading and unloading of petrochemicals at MPC’s pier.