中国石化新闻网讯 据安迅思新闻巴塞罗纳7月19日消息,埃及Carbon Holdings公司首席执行长周四表示,塔里尔石化公司(TPC)投资109亿美元的位于埃及的世界级规模裂解装置和石化工厂的工程和建设工作预计在2019年初开始,因为公司已经完成了融资按排。Carbon Holdings公司持有TPC 51%股权,是控股股东。
Carbon Holdings公司首席执行长Basil El-Baz表示,该石化工厂项目的债务和股权融资安排即将完成,该项目的进度时间表将在今年12月份发送给工程、采购和建设(EPC)承包商们。
El-Baz补充称,公司预计该项目将用48个月的时间完成预投料试车准备工作,并预计将用55个月的时间达到机械完工。
该石化工厂项目将消耗400万吨/年的石脑油,年产135万吨的乙烯,然后转化成为135万吨/年的高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)和线性低密度聚乙烯(LLDPE)。此外还将生产100万吨/年的丙烯,92.5万吨/年的聚丙烯(PP),25万吨/年的丁二烯和35万吨/年的苯。
产品销售将针对国内和出口市场。
这位首席执行官表示,埃及拥有1亿人口,迫切需要更多的原材料来刺激国内下游制造业。
曹海斌 摘译自 安迅思新闻原文如下:
Egypt's TPC to begin construction of $11bn cracker, petchems site in early 2019
Engineering and construction is expected to begin in early 2019 at the $10.9bn Tahrir Petrochemicals Corporation (TPC) world-scale cracker and petrochemicals complex in Egypt as the company completes financing arrangements, the CEO at TPC’s majority shareholder said on Thursday.
Basil El-Baz, CEO at Carbon Holdings, which holds a 51% stake in TPC, said with debt and equity arrangements close to completion for the complex, notices to proceed are timetabled to be sent to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors in December.
The company expects 48 months to the end of pre-commissioning and an overall schedule of 55 months to mechanical completion, El-Baz added.
The cracker will consume 4m tonnes/year of naphtha to produce 1.35m tonnes/year of ethylene converted into 1.35m tonnes/year of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE).Capacities will also include 1m tonnes/year of propylene, 925,000 tonnes/year of polypropylene (PP), 250,000 tonnes/year of butadiene (BD) and 350,000 tonnes/year of benzene, he said
Product sales will be targeted at domestic and export markets.
The CEO said Egypt – with 100m population – desperately needs more raw materials to stimulate downstream domestic manufacturing.