据《亚洲润滑油周报》8月24日消息，韩国现代石油公司和壳牌的合资公司现代壳牌基础油公司正在对位于韩国大山的API II类基础油工厂进行扩能，此次扩能后产能将增加25万吨/年。
据现代石油公司称，此次基础油扩能的投资为400亿韩元（3550万美元）。
该基础油工厂当前每年的原料加工能力为100万吨/年，在9月份扩能项目完成后，产能将增至125万吨/年。
现代壳牌基础油公司经理Hah Jooyoung表示：“当前我们的工厂已经接近于满负荷产能运营，此次扩能将抓住日益增长的需求。”
唐绍红 摘译自 亚洲润滑油周报
原文如下：
Hyundai Shell Expands base Oil Plant
Hyundai Shell base Oil, a joint venture between Hyundai Oilbank and Shell, announced last week that it is completing a 250,000 metric tons per day expansion at its API Group II base oil plant in Daesan, South Korea.
The base oil expansion cost 40 billion won (U.S. $35.5 million), according to Hyundai Oilbank’s business report.
Hyundai Shell base Oil is completing an expansion of its plant in Daesan, South Korea.
The plant’s yearly feedstock procession capacity had been 1 million t/y and will be 1.25 million t/y when the project is finished September.
"We have been operating close to our full capacity. The expansion comes to capture growing demand", Hyundai Shell base Oil Manager Hah Jooyoung told Lube Report.
