沃帕克石油将为德州化工制造业设施提供服务

据欧洲石油11月22日消息，英国皇家沃帕克石油公司宣布，该公司已被埃克森美孚和沙特石油公司的石油化工合资企业——海湾沿岸成长投资公司(GCGV)选中，在美国海湾沿岸设计、建造、拥有并运营一个新的工业终端。

该终端将致力于为计划每年产量180万吨的乙烷裂解装置提供服务。所有由船舶运输的液体产品将由新的沃帕克码头处理。总容量约为13万立方米，包括连接终端和裂解装置的管道。

皇家沃帕克石油执行董事会主席兼首席执行官Eelco Hoekstra表示：“我们非常高兴能够支持GCGV在美国的工业发展。这个新的终端非常符合我们的工业终端发展战略，我们为我们的专业知识和长期储存重要产品的记录感到自豪。我们在安全和环境保护方面有很高的标准，我们期待着成为科珀斯社区的一部分。”

沃帕克的工业终端和相关基础设施预计将在2022年开始运行。该投资由一项长期协议覆盖，并与沃帕克的战略一致，即专注于工业终端和服务于化工行业。

程张翔 编译自 欧洲石油

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