菲律宾Petron考虑永久性关闭巴丹炼油厂

据安迅思新加坡10月8日消息，菲律宾炼油商Petron公司正考虑永久性关闭其位于巴丹半岛的一座18万桶/日的炼油厂，如果政府未能在该行业创造公平竞争环境的话。

10月6日Petron公司首席执行官兼总裁Ramon Ang告诉当地记者:“对于Petron炼油厂来说，如果与政府的谈判失败，我将关闭它。”

10月7日，该公司在向菲律宾证券交易所(PSE)披露时证实了该声明。

《菲律宾星报》引述Ang的话称，基于菲律宾现行的税收制度，进口原油更可行，因为进口商只收一次税。

另一方面，炼油商在原油和原材料到达时要交一次消费税，在生产出成品油时又要交一次消费税。

如果Petron关闭炼油厂，它将效仿壳牌菲律宾公司的做法。8月中旬，壳牌宣布，由于炼油利润不佳，加之新冠病毒疫情大流行导致的需求破坏，它将永久关闭位于巴坦加斯的Tabango炼油厂，并计划将该炼油厂改造成一个燃料进口终端。

2020年上半年，Petron公司净损失了142亿菲律宾比索(约合2.98亿美元)，由于需求下滑以及原油价格暴跌造成的严重库存损失，销售收入下挫了40%。

Petron公司在马来西亚和菲律宾的综合炼油能力为26.8万桶/天，生产各种燃料和石化产品。

张春晓 摘译自 ICIS

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Philippines' Petron mulls permanent closure of Bataan refinery

Philippines’ refiner Petron is mulling shutting down its 180,000 bbl/day refinery in Bataan permanently if the government fails to level the playing field in the industry.

“For Petron Refinery, I will close that down if talks with the government will not succeed,” Petron CEO and president Ramon Ang had told local reporters on 6 October.

The statement was confirmed by the company in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on 7 October.

Importing crude is more viable based on the Philippines’ current tax regime, as importers are taxed only once, Ang was quoted as saying in the news daily Philippine Star.

Refiners, on the other hand, are required to pay excise taxes upon arrival of their crude and raw materials, and on finished products.

If Petron shuts down the refinery, it will follow the course taken by Shell Philippines.

In mid-August, Shell announced that it is permanently closing its Tabango refinery in Batangas, due to poor refining margins and amid pandemic-induced destruction in demand, and plans to convert the site into a fuel import terminal.

Petron incurred a net loss of Philippine peso (Ps) 14.2bn ($298m) in the first half of 2020, with sales plunging 40% on slumping demand as well as heavy inventory losses caused by the plunge in crude oil prices.

The company has a combined refining capacity of 268,000 bbl/day in Malaysia and the Philippines and produces a full range of fuels and petrochemicals.