據ICIS-MRC網站9月7日莫斯科MRC報道，殼牌公司宣布將替換其位于荷蘭Moerdijk石化廠的乙烯蒸汽裂解爐，此舉將減少其溫室氣體排放。

殼牌將在不減少工廠產能的情況下安裝8臺新爐，以取代16臺舊設備。這項投資大大降低了該站點的能源消耗和可操作的溫室氣體排放量。二氧化碳減排量約為殼牌Moerdijk公司年度排放總量的10%。

裂解裝置生產的基本化學品用于制造人們每天使用的成品，從智能手機、服裝、包裝和醫療設備，到汽車和飛機的絕緣材料和輕型部件。新熔爐將以模塊的形式運到現場，使裂解裝置在整個升級項目中繼續運行。這項工作預計將于2025年完成。

殼牌全球化學品業務執行副總裁托馬斯·卡斯帕里(Thomas Casparie)表示：“我們繼續投資于創新，即使在經濟困難時期也是如此。 蒸汽裂解使基礎化學物質轉化為一系列成品，幫助社會生活、工作和應對氣候變化。 這項對Moerdijk的投資有助于減少我們生產的化學品的碳排放，也有助于殼牌在2050年或更早之前成為凈零排放能源企業的雄心。 我們的目標是與社會同步實現我們的抱負。”

正如MRC早前報道的那樣，殼牌公司首席執行官本·范·伯登（Ben van Beurden）對員工稱，殼牌公司將在今年年底宣布一項重大重組，因為該公司準備在2050年之前加速實現其凈零排放目標。據報道，首席執行官在內部網絡直播中表示，重組將包括裁員，作為更廣泛的成本削減措施的一部分，盡管具體數字尚未確定。

乙烯和丙烯是生產聚乙烯(PE)和聚丙烯(PP)的原料。

根據MRC的DataScope報告，今年上半年，俄羅斯PE進口同比下降7%，為32.8萬噸。高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)是進口減少的主要原因。與此同時，今年上半年俄羅斯的PP進口同比增長21%，達到10.53萬噸。丙烯均聚物(均聚聚丙烯)是進口增長的主要原因。

郝芬 譯自 ICIS-MRC

原文如下：

Shell invests in new furnaces to reduce emissions from its Moerdijk chemicals plant

Shell has announced that it will replace the ethylene steam cracker furnaces at its Moerdijk petrochemicals complex, The Netherlands, in a move that will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.

Shell will install eight new furnaces in place of 16 older units without reducing capacity at the facility. The investment significantly reduces both the site’s energy consumption and its operational greenhouse gas emissions. The CO2emissions reduction is about 10 percent of Shell Moerdijk’s annual total.

The cracker unit produces base chemicals which are used to make finished products that people use every day, from smart phones, clothing, packaging and medical equipment, to insulation and light-weight components in cars and planes. The new furnaces will be shipped to the site in modules, enabling the cracker to continue to operate throughout the upgrade project. Work is expected to be completed in 2025.

Thomas Casparie, Executive Vice President of Shell’s global chemicals business, said: “We continue to invest in innovation, even in difficult economic times. Steam cracking makes base chemicals, which are transformed into a range of finished products that help society live, work and respond to climate change. This investment at Moerdijk contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions from our manufacture of chemicals and to Shell’s ambition of becoming a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner. We aim to achieve our ambition in step with society.”

As MRC reported earlier Shell will announce a major restructure by the end of the year as the company prepares to accelerate its shift toward its net-zero emissions goal by 2050, said CEO Ben van Beurden to employees. The restructuring will include workforce reductions as part of broader cost-cutting measures, although no figures have been decided yet, the CEO reportedly said during an internal webcast.

Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).

According to MRC's DataScope report, PE imports to Russia dropped in January-June 2020 by 7% year on year to 328,000 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the main decrease in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia rose in the first six months of 2020 by 21% year on year to 105,300 tonnes. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase in imports.

Royal Dutch Shell plc is an Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the biggest company in the world in terms of revenue and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". Shell is vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading.