据ICIS网11月26日消息 海湾石化和化工协会（GPCA）主席呼吁该区域的化学工业进行改革和整合，以便与新的参与者竞争，即北美页岩气和中国的煤化工。
GPCA主席约瑟夫·阿卜杜拉·本尼扬在第13届GPCA年度讨论会间隙说：“我们正在努力推动该行业转型，同时我们也会受益于该行业在未来几年将经历的增长。我们非常清楚，这个行业正在经历快速的转型。”
本尼扬也是沙特石化巨头沙特基础工业公司（SABIC）的首席执行官，他在接受GPCA电视台采访时说：“我们需要的是踏足全球，我们需要在技术和创新方面有足够的投资，我们需要与客户联系。”
“而且，更重要的是，你需要拥有能够使你真正具有竞争力的资产的全球足迹；因此我们需要进行整合，以便中小型商家能够满足这些标准。”
“我必须说，我还没有看到我所希望的进展，希望今年业界人士能够利用好此次GPCA论坛，”他补充说。
本尼扬确定了两个新的主要行业参与者，这对中东的生产商构成了挑战。
“他们不仅是新参与者和竞争对手，而且还拥有自己市场的优势，即北美开发页岩气与中国发展煤化工。”
“我认为这两个市场，他们同样也是我们的产品的接受者，现在他们成为我们的竞争对手，他们在市场可用性方面比我们有优势，”他补充说。
一年一度的GPCA论坛于11月26-28日在迪拜举行。
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
The Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) called upon the region’s chemical industry to transform and consolidate to compete with new players, namely North America due to shale gas development and China because of coal to chemicals.
“We are trying to energise the industry to transform, and also benefit from the growth that the industry is going to experience in the coming years. We are very clear that the industry is going through rapid transformation,” Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, Chairman of GPCA said “We need to have a global footprint, we need to have enough investment in technology and innovation, we need to connect with the customers,” Al-Benyan, who is also CEO of Saudi petrochemicals major SABIC, told GPCA TV in an interview.
“And, more importantly, you need to have a global footprint of assets that enable you to become really competitive; therefore there are consolidations required in order for small and medium sized players to cope with those criteria.
“I have to say that I have not seen the progress that I wish to see and hopefully this year the industry players take advantage of this [GPCA] forum,” he added.
Al-Benyan identified two new major players that posed a challenge for the Middle East based producers.
“They are not just new players and competitors; they have the advantage of their own markets. North America through the shale gas development and China through coal to chemicals.
“I think those two markets, they are recipient of our products; now they became our competitors and they have an advantage over us for market availability,” he added.
The Annual GPCA Forum runs from 26-28 November in Dubai.
