美國煉廠燃料油供應將受益于航運排放規則
中國石化新聞網訊 據今日原油價格網站2018年7月24日報道，瓦萊羅和飛利浦66等大型美國煉油廠將從一項航運燃料排放法規中受益，該規定將在兩年內生效，這一規定一直困擾著全球石油行業。
該規定將于2020年生效，要求航運公司大幅減少其船用燃料中的硫含量，這意味著該行業將需要找到燃油的替代品，目前的燃油消費量每天超過400萬桶。
彭博社引用杰富瑞金融集團（Jefferies Financial Group）的話稱，美國煉油系統將成為實際能夠利用該規則提高銷售額的系統之一。根據杰富瑞分析師的說法，該系統“建立的目的是為了獲取最大的原料，并最大限度地提高清潔燃料的產量。”美國的汽油，噴氣燃料和中間餾分的產量高達煉油廠總產量的82％。 ，相比之下，全球平均水平為63％。
但汽油和其他低硫石油產品并不是航運公司的唯一替代方案：海運業的液化天然氣消費量預計將在未來幾年內迅速增長。
王嘉 摘譯自 今日原油價格
原文如下：
U.S. Refiners Set To Benefit From Shipping Emissions Rule
Large U.S. refiners such as Valero and Philips 66 are set to benefit from a shipping fuel emission rule that will come into force in two years—one that has been bugging the oil industry globally.
The rule, set to enter into force in 2020, will require shipping companies to reduce substantially the amount of sulfur in their bunker fuel, which means the industry will need to find alternatives to fuel oil, of which the current rate of consumption is more than 4 million barrels daily.
Bloomberg quotes Jefferies Financial Group as expecting the U.S. refining system to be among those that will actually be able to take advantage of the rule to boost their sales. This system, according to Jefferies analysts, “has been built to take the heaviest feedstock and maximize the yield of clean fuels.” The U.S. national yield of gasoline, jet fuel, and middle distillates is as much as 82 percent of the total refinery output, which compares to a global average of 63 percent.
But gasoline and other lower-sulfur oil products are not the only alternative for shipping companies: LNG consumption by the maritime transport industry is expected to grow very quickly and very substantially in the coming years.
