中国石化新闻网讯 据油气在线休斯敦11月20日消息,沙特已经关闭了位于红海岸边的7.7万桶/日原油加工能力的吉达炼油厂,并计划将这个炼油厂转变成为石油产品的配送中心。
沙特阿美表示,关闭这个长达50年历史的老炼油厂的决定是公司战略目标的一部分,沙特阿美计划在维持该地区产品配送供应的同时,继续改善其业务的经济和环境性能。该炼油厂约占据沙特炼油总能力的2.7%。
沙特阿美负责下游业务的副总裁Abdulaziz M. Al-Judaimi表示,除了该炼油厂的老旧设备已经接近于生命周期的末端,该炼油厂关闭的另一原因是接近于人口居住密集区,阻碍了公司对其进行升级扩能的可能性。
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张春晓 摘译自 油气在线
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Aramco shutters, plans to convert Jiddah refinery into terminal
Saudi Aramco has discontinued crude processing operations at its 77,000-b/d Jiddah refinery along the Red Sea coast to convert the industrial complex into a distribution center for petroleum products.
The decision to shutter the 50-year old refinery—which accounted for about 2.7% of the kingdom’s total refining capacity—comes as part of the company’s broader strategic objectives of maintaining product supplies for distribution in the region while continuing to improve economic and environmental performance of its operations, Aramco said.
Alongside aging equipment at the complex that was nearing the end of its lifespan, the refinery’s shutdown also resulted from the plant’s nearby locale to residential areas, which prevented Aramco from expanding operations at the manufacturing site, said Abdulaziz M. Al-Judaimi, the company’s vice-president of downstream operations.