中国石化新闻网讯 据今日原油价格网站2018年7月24日报道，瓦莱罗和飞利浦66等大型美国炼油厂将从一项航运燃料排放法规中受益，该规定将在两年内生效，这一规定一直困扰着全球石油行业。

该规定将于2020年生效，要求航运公司大幅减少其船用燃料中的硫含量，这意味着该行业将需要找到燃油的替代品，目前的燃油消费量每天超过400万桶。

彭博社引用杰富瑞金融集团（Jefferies Financial Group）的话称，美国炼油系统将成为实际能够利用该规则提高销售额的系统之一。根据杰富瑞分析师的说法，该系统“建立的目的是为了获取最大的原料，并最大限度地提高清洁燃料的产量。”美国的汽油，喷气燃料和中间馏分的产量高达炼油厂总产量的82％。 ，相比之下，全球平均水平为63％。

但汽油和其他低硫石油产品并不是航运公司的唯一替代方案：海运业的液化天然气消费量预计将在未来几年内迅速增长。

王嘉 摘译自 今日原油价格

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U.S. Refiners Set To Benefit From Shipping Emissions Rule

Large U.S. refiners such as Valero and Philips 66 are set to benefit from a shipping fuel emission rule that will come into force in two years—one that has been bugging the oil industry globally.

The rule, set to enter into force in 2020, will require shipping companies to reduce substantially the amount of sulfur in their bunker fuel, which means the industry will need to find alternatives to fuel oil, of which the current rate of consumption is more than 4 million barrels daily.

Bloomberg quotes Jefferies Financial Group as expecting the U.S. refining system to be among those that will actually be able to take advantage of the rule to boost their sales. This system, according to Jefferies analysts, “has been built to take the heaviest feedstock and maximize the yield of clean fuels.” The U.S. national yield of gasoline, jet fuel, and middle distillates is as much as 82 percent of the total refinery output, which compares to a global average of 63 percent.

But gasoline and other lower-sulfur oil products are not the only alternative for shipping companies: LNG consumption by the maritime transport industry is expected to grow very quickly and very substantially in the coming years.