据普氏能源资讯9月28日新加坡报道,由于国内小型老化炼油厂无法满足国内对石油产品快速增长需求,缅甸时下正在寻求在本国前首都仰光周围建造一系列新的石油储存终端和码头。
2012年,国际社会取消对缅甸的几个制裁导致了这个国家的汽车进口和销售量大幅增加。
由于摩托车和轻便摩托车在拥有500多万人口的仰光马路上仍被禁止,因此,交通基础设施的有限投资使得仰光市内交通变得像亚洲其他城市曼谷和雅加达一样拥堵。
为了应对国内对石油产品不断增加的需求,缅甸政府通过能源部和私营部门公司一直在增加燃料的进口。
缅甸拥有3个老化的国有炼油厂,原油日加工能力为5.1万桶,目前这3个炼油厂的原油加工量都低于它们的产能,每天只能满足国内的一部分燃料需求。
一名接近经营炼油厂的国有缅甸石化公司的消息人士说,缅甸炼油厂目前每天只能加工2万桶原油。
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原文如下:
Myanmar's oil import infrastructure building picks up pace as demand rises
Singapore (Platts)--28 Sep 2015
Myanmar is looking to build a slew of new oil storage terminals and jetties near its former capital Yangon as its small and ageing refineries cannot keep up with rapidly rising demand for refined products.
The lifting of several international sanctions in 2012 has led to a sharp rise in cars being imported and sold in the country.
With motorcycles and mopeds still banned on Yangon's roads, a city of over 5 million people, the effects of limited investment in transportation infrastructure are being felt with traffic jams that are now on par with other Asian cities such as Bangkok and Jakarta.
To cope with the rising demand for oil products, the government, through the Ministry of Energy and private sector companies, has been increasing fuel imports.
Myanmar's three ageing state-owned refineries with a total capacity of 51,000 b/d, are all running substantially below capacity and are only able to supply a part of the country's daily fuel requirements.
A source close to state-owned Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, which operates the refineries, said that current operating rates were around 20,000 b/d.