壳牌计划在易斯安那州建立单甘醇MEG工厂

据OGJ网站5月20日休斯顿报道，荷兰皇家壳牌化工有限公司旗下子公司壳牌化工有限公司正在推进一项12亿美元的生产扩建的可行性研究，即在位于路易斯安那州Ascension Parish占地841英亩的Geismar化工复合体扩建生产单甘醇(MEG)的工厂。

路易斯安那州的经济开发(LED)表示，作为项目的一部分，运营商将在现场建造一座MEG工厂，直到最终的工程、设计和投资决定，壳牌最早可能在2020年批准。

据LED称，拟议中的MEG项目已在1月份获得Ascension Parish 委员会的一致批准，并在2月份获得Ascension Parish学校委员会的一致批准，即根据路易斯安那州的工业税豁免计划，减少教区和地方财产税。

LED表示，在做出最终投资决定之前，它还将与壳牌化工就该项目的激励方案进行谈判。

关于MEG工厂的更多细节，包括其提议的容量，没有透露。

据OGJ网站2019年1月7日报道，2018年末，壳牌化工完成了其耗资7.17亿美元的项目，该项目旨在将Geismar化工厂的α-烯烃(AO)产量提高42.5万吨/年，将复合体(目前是全球最大的AO生产地)AO的总产量提高到超过130万吨/年。

郝芬 译自 OGJ

原文如下:

Shell weighs plan for Louisiana MEG plant

Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary Shell Chemical LP is advancing feasibility studies for a potential $1.2-billion manufacturing expansion of monoethylene glycol (MEG) production at its 841-acre Geismar chemicals complex in Ascension Parish, La.

As part of the project, the operator would build an MEG plant at the site that—pending final engineering, design, and investment decisions—Shell could approve as early as 2020, the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) said.

The proposed MEG project already won unanimous approval from the Ascension Parish Council in January and the Ascension Parish School Board in February for parish and local property tax abatement under Louisiana’s industrial tax exemption program, according to LED.

LED said it will also complete negotiations with Shell Chemical on an incentive package for the project ahead of a final investment decision.

Further details regarding the MEG plant, including its proposed capacity, were not disclosed.

In late 2018, Shell Chemical completed its $717-million project to increase alpha olefins (AO) production by 425,000-tonnes/year at the Geismar chemical plant, raising total AO production at the complex—now the world’s largest AO production site—to more than 1.3 million tpy