加拿大科威特石化评估疫情对新聚丙烯项目的影响

据ICIS网站8月7日多伦多报道 加拿大科威特石化公司（CKPC）正在评估疫情对聚丙烯（PP）需求的影响，因为其将决定何时以及如何在加拿大艾伯塔省开展丙烷脱氢/聚丙烯项目。

今年1月，科威特石化公司表示项目将于2023年下半年启动。然而，受冠状病毒大流行和全球能源价格下跌，该项目在3月份被推迟。

科威特合资企业合作伙伴彭比纳管道公司周四晚些时候在一份项目更新报告中表示：“Covid-19对全球经济和未来聚丙烯需求的全面影响仍不确定，需要仔细评估。”

彭比纳表示，需要了解未来和持续存在的风险，并将其纳入项目成本估算中。

此外，该公司表示，加拿大联邦和省当局以及项目融资财团，将需要重新确认“原始投资参数”。

彭比纳表示：“该项目的重启需要得到科威特管理委员会的批准以及每个合作伙伴董事会的批准。”

同时，彭比纳补充称：“关键人才和知识得以保留，所有这些都是为了保持项目的价值，以便重新启动项目。”

彭比纳管道公司和科威特石化工业公司的科威特石化公司合资企业涉及建设一个综合丙烷脱氢/聚丙烯工厂，将2.3万桶/天的艾伯塔省低成本丙烷转化为聚丙烯。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Canada’s CKPC assess virus impact on new PP project in Alberta

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp (CKPC) is evaluating the impact of the coronavirus health crisis on polypropylene (PP) demand as it decides when and how to proceed with its propane dehydrogenation/PP project in Canada’s Alberta province.

In January, CKPC had indicated a project startup of H2 2023. However, in March the project was deferred, with officials citing the coronavirus pandemic and the decline in global energy prices.

“The full impact of Covid-19 on the global economy and future demand for PP remains uncertain and needs to be carefully evaluated,” CKPC joint venture partner Pembina Pipeline said in a project update late on Thursday.

Future and ongoing risks needed to be understood and priced into project cost estimates, Pembina said.

Also, Canadian federal and provincial authorities, and the project financing syndicate, will need to re-confirm “original investment parameters”, the company said.

“The project restart is subject to CKPC management committee approval and each partners' board approval,” Pembina said.

Meanwhile, “key talent and knowledge have been retained, all to preserve project value for an efficient potential re-start,” Pembina added.

The CKPC joint venture between Pembina Pipeline and Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) involves building an integrated PDH/PP complex to convert 23,000 bbl/day of low-cost Alberta-sourced propane into PP.