据阿拉伯贸易网利雅德4月17日消息，根据领先的数据和分析公司GlobalData称，预计石化项目将推动沙特阿拉伯油气价值链中即将启动的项目，占到2025年前预计开始运营的项目总数的61%。

GlobalData在其报告《2025年前中东石油和天然气项目展望》中表示，在这些项目中，新建项目占主导地位，占84%，其余都是扩建项目，

报告显示，石化项目数量最多，为50个，其次是中游项目，为18个，炼油厂项目为8个，上游(油气田)项目为6个。

GlobalData指出，在沙特阿拉伯即将投产的石化项目中，沙特阿美道达尔炼油和石化公司的朱拜勒乙烯工厂是一个大型项目，产能为150万吨/年。这个耗资16亿美元的工厂为朱拜勒工业城的其他石化和专用化学品公司提供原料。

GlobalData石油和天然气分析师Soorya Tejomoortula表示:“沙特在石化行业的大举投资是其2030愿景计划的一部分，该国的目标是减少对上游行业的依赖，并进入其他领域。”

Tejomoortula表示:“作为其业务多元化战略的一部分，沙特阿美去年已经以大约690亿美元的价格收购了该国石化巨头沙特基础工业公司(沙比克) 70%的股份。”

根据GlobalData称，2021年至2025年期间，预计将有18个中游项目在沙特阿拉伯开始运营。

一些关键的中游项目预计将在2025年前开始运营，其中包括Tanajib天然气处理厂，日处理能力为28亿立方英尺，项目成本为35亿美元，以及Hawiyah Unayzah地下储气库，项目成本为21亿美元。天然气处理厂是Tanajib石油项目扩建项目的一部分，而Hawiyah Unayzah地下储气库有助于满足该国天然气需求的季节性变化。

Tejomoortula表示:“在上游(油气田)部分，贾富拉天然气田是一个关键的上游生产项目，计划开始运营，总生产能力为91.67万桶油当量/天。该项目被认为是沙特阿拉伯最大的非常规天然气开发项目，将为国内消费提供更多天然气，并为石化项目提供有价值的原料。”

张春晓 摘译自 阿拉伯贸易网

原文如下：

Petchem projects to drive Saudi oil, gas sector by 2025

Petrochemical projects are expected to drive the commencement of upcoming projects across the oil and gas value chain in Saudi Arabia, accounting for 61 per cent of the total projects expected to start operations by 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Among these, new build projects dominate with 84%, while the rest are expansion projects, stated GlobalData in its report, Middle East Oil and Gas Projects Outlook to 2025.

The report reveals that petrochemical projects will be the highest with 50, followed by midstream with 18, refinery at eight, and upstream (fields) at six.

GlobalData pointed out that among the upcoming petrochemical projects in the kingdom, the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company's Al Jubail Ethylene Plant is a major project with a capacity of 1.5 mtpa.The $1.6 billion plant provides feed stock to other petchem and speciality companies in the Jubail industrial city.

Soorya Tejomoortula, Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, said: "Saudi Arabia’s aggressive investments in the petrochemicals sector is part of its 2030 vision plan, where the country aims to reduce its dependence on the upstream sector and diversify into other segments."

"The state-owned company, Saudi Aramco, already acquired 70% stake in the country’s petrochemical giant, Saudi Basic Industries (Sabic), last year for approximately $69 billion as part of its strategy to diversify from the upstream sector," said Tejomoortula.

According to GlobalData, 18 midstream projects are expected to start operations in Saudi Arabia during 2021 to 2025 period.

Some of the key midstream projects expected to start operations by 2025 include the Tanajib gas processing plant with a capacity of 2.8 billion cu ft per day and a project cost of $3.5 billion and Hawiyah Unayzah underground gas storage site costing $2.1 billion. The gas processing plant is part of expansion of the Tanajib oil project, while Hawiyah Unayzah underground gas storage site helps to meet seasonal variations in gas demand in the country.

Tejomoortula said: "In the upstream (fields) segment, Jafurah is a key upstream production project, which is set to begin operations with a total production capacity of 916.7 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.""The project, considered as the largest unconventional gas development in Saudi Arabia, will provide additional gas for domestic consumption and valuable feedstock to petchem projects," he added.