???? 據(jù)今日油價網(wǎng)站2月15日消息 路透社援引不具名知情人士的話報道稱，殼牌公司因故障關(guān)閉了鹿園煉油廠的原油蒸餾裝置。

????這兩個原油蒸餾裝置的日總產(chǎn)能為31萬桶。據(jù)路透社消息人士稱，煉油廠向其他裝置輸送原油的泵密封失效后，這兩個原油蒸餾裝置被關(guān)閉。

????原油蒸餾裝置是煉油過程的第一階段。其中，原油被送入煉油廠，在那里被蒸餾成各種餾分，然后被送往煉油廠的其他裝置進行進一步加工。

????因此，關(guān)閉原油蒸餾裝置實際上意味著關(guān)閉大部分煉油廠。

????殼牌公司最近透露，計劃在未來10年內(nèi)關(guān)閉7家煉油廠，削減55%的柴油和汽油產(chǎn)量，以減少煉油產(chǎn)能，這是殼牌公司到2050年實現(xiàn)凈零產(chǎn)量的一部分。

????其中一個煉油廠將關(guān)閉是在Convent，為路易斯安那州的設(shè)施，其于2020年底開始停產(chǎn)。此前殼牌未能找到買家購買該設(shè)施，原因是新冠疫情和原油供應(yīng)過剩導(dǎo)致石油和燃料需求下滑。Convent的原油日產(chǎn)量為24萬桶，能夠生產(chǎn)11.5萬桶/日的汽油、3.1萬桶/日的噴氣燃料和7.7萬桶/日的低硫柴油。

????殼牌并不是美國唯一關(guān)閉煉油廠的公司。在市場環(huán)境的壓力下，其他加工設(shè)施正在被改造成生物燃料廠或封存。燃料需求并沒有像煉油廠所需要的那樣迅速改善，而綠色過渡運動正在給燃料的長期需求前景蒙上陰影，迫使煉油廠調(diào)整計劃。

????王磊 摘譯自 今日油價

????原文如下：

????Shell Shuts Down 310,000 Bpd Deer Park Refinery

????Shell has shut down the crude distillation units of its Deer Park refinery due to a malfunction, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

????The two crude distillation units have a combined capacity of 310,000 barrels of oil daily. According to the Reuters sources, they were shut down after a seal failed on a pump that feeds crude to other units at the refinery.

????Crude distillation units are where the first phase of the refining process takes place. In it, crude oil is fed into the refinery, where it is distilled into the various fractions that are then sent on to other units at the refinery for further processing.

????Therefore, shutting down the crude distillation units effectively means shutting down most of the refinery.

????Shell recently revealed plans to reduce its refining capacity by shutting down seven refineries and cutting diesel and gasoline production by 55 percent over the next ten years as part of its journey to a net-zero company by 2050.

????One of the refineries to be closed is the facility in Convent, Louisiana. Its shutdown started at the end of 2020 after Shell failed to find a buyer for the facility amid the slump in oil and fuel demand caused by the pandemic and excess supply of crude. The Convent facility had a capacity of 240,000 barrels of crude oil daily and was capable of producing 115,000 bpd of gasoline, 31,000 bpd of jet fuel, and 77,000 bpd of low-sulfur diesel.

????Shell is not the only one closing refineries in the United States. Other processing facilities are being converted into biofuels plants or mothballed under pressure from market conditions. Fuel demand has not been improving from the pandemic blow as fast as refiners need it to improve, and the green transition movement is clouding the outlook for long-term demand for fuels, forcing refiners to adjust their plans.