据路透社伦敦/休斯敦10月10日消息称，雪佛龙公司一位高级管理人员周二表示，雪佛龙公司希望在美国墨西哥湾沿岸建造或购买一座炼油厂，以便从快速发展的二叠纪盆地中加工原油。
雪佛龙公司下游和化学品部门主管皮埃尔布雷伯表示，他们希望在美国墨西哥湾西部的休斯顿船舶通道进行炼油作业，以补充密西西比州现有的东海湾炼油厂生产润滑油和其他材料。
布雷伯在接受伦敦石油与货币会议期间的采访时说道：“在船舶航道方面，有些东西对我们公司来说很有意义。”
雪佛龙是美国最大的油田位于德克萨斯西部和新墨西哥的二叠纪盆地中主要的石油生产商。该公司二叠纪的产量在第二季度环比增长51％，达到每天270000桶石油当量。通过将其炼油能力扩大到休斯顿，雪佛龙将能够在更接近二叠纪盆地处加工原油。
雪佛龙的大部分炼油厂都在加利福尼亚州，使用的原油比从二叠纪的页岩中开采的轻质低硫原油更重。
“在美国海湾地区投资的成分非常合理，”布雷伯说，他在2016年担任现职，之前负责管理雪佛龙的管道业务。
竞争对手埃克森美孚公司去年表示，将投资200亿美元用于美国海湾炼油项目。
休斯敦航道将美国最繁忙的石化港口与墨西哥湾连接起来，是数十家炼油厂和化工厂的所在地。
今年早些时候成为雪佛龙公司首席执行官的迈克·沃斯曾经担任该公司的炼油部门，并被华尔街普遍认为是扩大炼油业务的倡导者。
另外，柏柏尔表示，雪佛龙现有的密西西比炼油厂在过去两年中从委内瑞拉的出货量下降25％至75000桶/天。雪佛龙是这个饱受战乱折磨的国家中唯一剩下的美国主要石油生产商。
曹海斌 摘译自 路透社
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Chevron eyes Houston Ship Channel for second U.S. Gulf refinery
Chevron Corp wants to build or buy a refinery along the U.S. Gulf Coast to process crude oil from its rapidly growing Permian Basin operations, a senior executive said The company would like to have refining operations “Something Chevron is a major oil producer in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, the largest U.S. oilfield. The company’s Permian production jumped 51 percent sequentially in the second quarter to 270,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. By expanding its refining capacity to Houston, Chevron would be able to process its Permian crude closer to where it is produced.
Most of Chevron’s refineries are in California and use a heavier type of crude than the light, sweet kind pumped from Permian shale wells.
“The ingredients to invest in the U.S. Gulf are very sound,” said Breber, who assumed his current role in 2016 and previously oversaw Chevron’s pipeline operations.
Rival Exxon Mobil Corp said last year it would invest $20 billion The Houston Ship Channel links the busiest U.S. petrochemical port to the Gulf of Mexico and is home to dozens of refineries and chemical facilities.
Mike Wirth, who became Chevron’s chief executive earlier this year, formerly ran the company’s refining arm and is widely seen by Wall Street as an advocate for expanding refining operations.
Separately, Berber said Chevron’s existing Mississippi refinery has seen shipments from Venezuela drop 25 percent to 75,000 barrels per day over the last two years. Chevron is the
