中国石化新闻网讯 据普氏能源资讯7月5日伦敦报道,在伦敦和瑞士注册的英力士集团的董事汤姆?克罗蒂5日在采访中对标普全球普氏能源资讯记者说,英力士集团希望从美国进口的来自页岩气的乙烷气将在9月运抵英国的格兰杰莫斯港。
克罗蒂说:“我们都希望最迟在9月底前在格兰杰莫斯港接收来自美国的首批页岩乙烷气。”
英力士集团3月23日证实,该公司首次从美国进口到欧洲的2.75万立方米页岩乙烷气在3月份运抵挪威的雷福尼斯港。
克罗蒂说,雷福尼斯港现在每周进口一船美国来自页岩气的乙烷气货物。从美国进口的乙烷气将作为燃料和原料供这些地方的蒸汽裂解装置使用。
格兰杰莫斯港的蒸汽裂解装置具有年产106万吨乙烯能力,而雷福尼斯港的蒸汽裂解装置具有年产56万吨乙烯的能力。
英力士集团表示在今后的15至20年内将继续进口美国来自页岩气的乙烷气。
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原文如下:
Ineos eyes September ethane arrival at Grangemouth
London (Platts)--5 Jul 2016
London- and Swiss-registered Ineos hopes the first imports of US shale-sourced ethane gas will arrive at Grangemouth in the UK in September, Ineos Group director Tom Crotty told S&P Global Platts in an interview Tuesday.
"We are all hoping we will have the first shipment into Grangemouth by the end of September at the latest," he said.
Ineos' first shipment into Europe arrived in Rafnes, Norway, in March, carrying 27,500 cu m of ethane, the company confirmed March 23. Rafnes is now importing one cargo of US shale-source ethane every week, Crotty said. The company has built two ethane gas storage tanks at Rafnes and Grangemouth. The gas will be used as fuel and feedstock at the steam crackers at those locations.
The Grangemouth steam cracker has ethylene production capacity of 1.06 million/year, while Rafnes has capacity of 560,000 mt/year.
The company will continue to import US shale gas-sourced ethane for the next 15-20 years.