壳牌考虑出售其24万桶/日路易斯安那炼油厂

据今日油价网站7月8日消息 壳牌石油的发言人柯蒂斯·史密斯向路透社记者表示，壳牌正在考虑出售位于路易斯安那州Convent的日产24万桶炼油厂，作为重塑其炼油业务组合的更广泛战略的一部分。

了解路易斯安那州炼油厂运营情况的消息人士向路透社表示，壳牌公司负责制造的执行副总裁罗宾·穆尔迪克已向员工表示，壳牌可能会将炼油厂出售。

2017年，壳牌和沙特石油巨头阿美石油分离了莫蒂瓦企业资产，壳牌成为Convent炼油厂的唯一所有者和运营商。壳牌最终完全所有Norco和Convent炼油厂，而沙特阿美则完全所有莫蒂瓦企业和位于德克萨斯州亚瑟港美国原油加工能力最大的炼油厂。

壳牌目前正在实施一项新的下游战略，以重塑其炼油业务，朝着更小、更智能的炼油业务组合方向发展，重点是进一步与壳牌贸易中心、化学品和市场营销进行整合。

作为这一战略的一部分，壳牌今年早些时候以12亿美元的价格将加州马丁内斯炼油厂出售给了PBF控股公司。

在2月份完成交易时，壳牌表示：“到2025年，我们预计将对规模较小的核心炼油厂产生兴趣。这些核心基地的一个关键优势将来自与壳牌贸易中心的进一步整合，以及生产更多的化学品和其他产品，如沥青和基础油，在低碳的未来具有弹性。”

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

Shell Considers Selling Its 240,000 Bpd Louisiana Refinery

Shell is considering selling its 240,000-barrels-per-day refinery in Convent, Louisiana, as part of a broader strategy to reshape its refining portfolio, the supermajor's spokesman Curtis Smith told Reuters.

Sources with knowledge of the Louisiana refinery operations told Reuters that Shell's executive vice president of manufacturing, Robin Mooldijk, had told employees that Shell might put the refinery up for sale.

Shell became the sole owner and operator of the Convent refinery in 2017 when the supermajor and Saudi oil giant Aramco separated the assets of Motiva Enterprises. Shell ended up owning the Norco and Convent refineries, while Saudi Aramco assumed full ownership of the Motiva Enterprises LLC entity and the largest U.S. refinery in terms of crude processing capacity, Port Arthur in Texas.

Shell is now implementing a new downstream strategy to reshape its refining business towards a smaller, smarter refining portfolio focused on further integration with Shell Trading hubs, Chemicals, and Marketing.

As part of this strategy, Shell sold earlier this year the Martinez Refinery in California to PBF Holding Company for US$1.2 billion.

At the time of the finalization of the transaction in February, Shell said:"By 2025 we expect to have interests in a smaller, core set of refineries. A key advantage of these core sites will come from further integration with Shell trading hubs, and from producing more chemicals and other products resilient in a lower-carbon future, such as bitumen and base oils."