石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据彭博社1月23日消息，艾伯塔省正在努力鼓励建设一个价值20亿加元（15亿美元）的部分升级设施，将该省更多的粘稠沥青转化为价值更高的产品。 该设施由总部位于卡尔加里的Value Creation公司设计，位于埃德蒙顿附近，每天将处理77500桶稀释沥青，加工成中等合成原油和超低硫柴油等产品。该省提供4.4亿加元的贷款担保，该项目正在为今年的最终投资决策寻求额外融资。 该省的支持是艾伯塔省约30亿加元假话的一部分，该省计划投资以刺激炼油厂、升级机和石化设施的建设，以从石油储备中获取更多价值。十多年来，该计划一直在酝酿中。该计划还旨在缓解管道瓶颈问题。这些问题已重创当地原油价格，并促使澳大利亚总理雷切尔•诺特利下令在全省范围内削减石油产量。 诺特利周二在卡尔加里举行的新闻发布会上表示：“我们必须从过山车上下来，我们必须让我们的经济更具弹性。”他还补充说Value Creation工厂将创造2000个岗位。 由于部分升级将减少或消除添加冷凝物以使重油砂原油流经管道的需求，该项目将有助于释放该地区的管道空间，该地区正在努力将其石油运往美国和海外的炼油厂。目前，凝析油约占加拿大重质原油运输管道的三分之一。 曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社 原文如下： Alberta Targets $1.5 Billion Upgrader to Get More From Oil Alberta is working to encourage construction of a C$2 billion ($1.5 billion) partial-upgrading facility that would turn more of the province’s sludgy bitumen into higher-value products. The facility, designed by Calgary-based Value Creation Inc., would be located near Edmonton and process 77,500 barrels of diluted bitumen a day into products like medium synthetic crude and ultra-low sulfur diesel. The province is offering a C$440 million loan guarantee, and the project is seeking additional financing as it works toward a final investment decision this year. The province’s support is part of about C$3 billion Alberta plans to invest to spur the construction of refineries, upgraders and petrochemical facilities to reap more value from its oil reserves. The plan, an idea that has been floated for more than a decade, also aims to alleviate the pipeline bottlenecks that have hammered local crude prices and prompted Premier Rachel Notley to mandate a province-wide oil production cut. “We have to get off the rollercoaster,” Notley said Tuesday at a press conference in Calgary, adding that the Value Creation facility would add 2,000 jobs. “We have to make our economy more resilient.” Since partial upgrading would reduce or eliminate the need for adding condensate to make heavy oil-sands crude flow through pipelines, the project would help free up pipeline space in a region that struggles with getting its oil to refineries in the U.S. and overseas. Currently, condensate represents about a third of volumes in conduits shipping Canadian heavy crude.
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