道达尔计划重启动德州阿瑟港炼油厂重整装置

据路透社休斯顿报道，美国墨西哥湾沿岸市场消息人士周五称，道达尔计划在12月2日之前重新启动22.55万桶/日的德克萨斯州阿瑟港炼油厂重整装置。

消息人士称，道达尔还计划在11月底关闭阿瑟港炼油厂的大型真空蒸馏装置(VDU)进行维修。

消息人士称，道达尔已经削减了的原油蒸馏和焦化装置的产量，因为为了保存催化剂，3.5万桶/日的重整装置的产量削减了30%。

11月16日，一场大火切断了道达尔的一条输送催化剂的生产线，这条生产线用于将炼油副产品转化成辛烷值更高的成分，与汽油混合，然后在重整装置内进行回收。

消息人士称，6万桶/日的 VDU 2计划在下周结束前关闭，以进行维修。 消息人士称，在VDU2停产期间，6万桶/日的焦化装置产量也将减少。

VDU在真空压力下运行，将常压原油蒸馏装置(CDUs)中的残余原油提炼成碳氢化合物原料，用于生产汽油等发动机燃料。

焦化装置将 CDU和VDUs中的残余原油转化为汽车燃料或煤炭替代品石油焦的原料。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

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Total plans Port Arthur, Texas refinery reformer restart by December 2: sources

Total SA plans to restart the reformer at its 225,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery by Dec. 2, said Gulf Coast market sources align="justify">Total also plans to shut the large vacuum distillation unit (VDU) at the Port Arthur refinery by the end of November for repairs, the sources said.

Total has cut production align="justify">A Nov. 16 fire cut a line that sends catalyst, used to convert refining byproducts into octane-boosting components for blending with gasoline, to be recycled within the reformer.

The 60,000 bpd VDU2 is scheduled to shut by the end of next week for repairs, the sources said.

Production will also be reduced align="justify">VDUs operate at vacuum pressure to refine residual crude oil from atmospheric-pressure crude distillation units (CDUs) into hydrocarbon feedstocks for making motor fuels like gasoline.

Cokers convert residual crude oil from CDUs and VDUs into feedstocks for motor fuels or petroleum coke, a coal substitute.