INA计划在生物炼制方面投资2.82亿美元

据烃加工新闻6月24日消息称，克罗地亚石油和天然气公司INA表示，计划投资2.5亿欧元(2.824亿美元)在中部城镇锡萨克建造一家生物精炼厂，以帮助减少碳足迹。

该公司的最大股东是匈牙利能源集团MOL和克罗地亚政府。该公司已向克罗地亚经济与创业部申请战略项目批准。

它还在寻求欧盟的资助，因为克罗地亚和匈牙利都是欧盟成员国，它希望到2050年将碳排放降至零。

INA董事会主席Sandor Fasimon在一份声明中说：“欧盟和克罗地亚政府的支持是最终实施这一重要项目的关键先决条件……这符合绿色计划和欧洲能源战略。”

INA拥有两家精炼厂，其中一家位于里耶卡，另一家较小的工厂位于锡萨克，该公司正在那里开发一个从2021年起生产沥青的工业设施。

INA表示，作为工业综合体的一部分，炼油厂将使用第二代、可持续的生物质以及绿色能源生产高级生物乙醇。

今年2月，INA与法国Axens签署了一项协议，授权后者提供纤维素乙醇技术，并为先进生物乙醇生产提供基础工程设计。

INA计划投资5000万欧元建立一个原材料供应链，主要用于种植生物质作物芒草，芒草被认为是一种可持续的生物燃料来源。

曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻

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Croatian oil firm INA aims for $282 million biorefinery investment

Croatia’s oil and gas firm INA said it aims to invest 250 million euros ($282.4 million) to build a biorefinery in the central town of Sisak to help reduce its carbon footprint.

The company, whose biggest shareholders are Hungary’s energy group MOL and the Croatian government, has applied for strategic project approval at Croatia’s ministry of economy and entrepreneurship.

It is also seeking European Union funding, as the bloc of which Croatia and Hungary are members, aspires to cut emissions to zero by 2050.

“The support of the EU and the Croatian government are key preconditions for the final implementation of this important project ... which fits into the Green Plan and European Energy Strategy,” Sandor Fasimon, INA Board President, said in a statement.

The Croatian government had no immediate comment.

INA owns two refineries, one in Rijeka and a smaller one in Sisak, where it is developing an industrial facility producing bitumen from 2021.

As part of the industrial complex, the refinery would produce advanced bioethanol from second-generation, sustainable biomass, as well as green power, INA said.

In February, INA signed a deal with Axens, awarding the French group the licence to supply cellulose ethanol technology and the basic engineering design for advanced bioethanol production.

INA plans to invest 50 million euros to establish a raw material supply chain, primarily into plantations of the biomass crop miscanthus, which is regarded as a sustainable source of biofuel.