据烃加工网站11月6日消息 受成本削减和燃料价格回升的影响，美国炼油商HollyFrontier公布的季度亏损低于预期。
由于冠状病毒导致的封锁破坏了旅游需求，炼油企业被迫减产并削减开支，因为它们正努力应对数月来低迷的需求。
虽然随着经济的重新开放，对燃料的需求逐渐增加，但冠状病毒感染的死灰复燃已威胁到经济复苏。
该炼油商表示，第三季度其原油加工量较第二季度增长11.5%，至42.11万桶/天，但仍较上年同期下降17%。
该公司预计本季度炼油厂的原油日产量为36-38万桶。
汽油需求的低迷，加上投资者对清洁能源的推动，促使炼油厂加快改造设施的计划，以生产由食用油和脂肪制成的可再生柴油。
HollyFrontier表示，将大力投资可再生能源业务。今年8月，该公司在怀俄明州夏延炼油厂生产最后一桶原油，并已开始将该工厂改造为生产可再生柴油。
上月，竞争对手瓦莱罗加大了对可再生柴油未来发展的押注，将更大比例的计划支出用于此类项目，不过该公司还削减了今年的总体投资预算。
HollyFrontier目前预计全年资本支出在4.75-5.5亿美元之间，而此前预期为5.25-6.25亿美元。
根据Refinitiv IBES的数据，该公司股价上涨4.2%，至19.51美元，此前该公司公布每股亏损41美分，低于分析师预期的53美分的亏损。
吴恒磊 编译自 烃加工
原文如下：
HollyFrontier posts smaller-than-expected loss as fuel demand recovers
U.S. refiner HollyFrontier Corp has posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss Oil refiners have been forced to cut production and slash spending as they struggle with months of sluggish demand as coronavirus-led lockdowns wrecked the need for travel.
While demand for fuel has gradually picked up with the reopening of economies, a resurgence in coronavirus infections has threatened the recovery.
The refiner said the amount of crude it processed rose 11.5% to 421,100 bpd in the third-quarter from the second, but was still 17% lower than a year earlier.
It expects to run 360,000 bpd to 380,000 bpd of crude at its refineries in the current quarter.
The slump in demand for gasoline, coupled with investor push for clean energy, has pushed refiners to accelerate plans for retrofitting facilities to produce so-called renewable diesel made from cooking oil and fats.
HollyFrontier said it would look heavily towards investing in its renewables business. It ran the last barrel of crude oil at Cheyenne refinery in Wyoming in August and had begun converting the facility to produce renewable diesel.
Last month, rival Valero raised its bet HollyFrontier now expects full-year capital expenditure to range between $475 million and $550 million, compared with its prior expectations of between $525 million and $625 million.
Its shares rose as much as 4.2% to $19.51 after the company posted a loss of 41 cents per share, smaller than 53 cents loss expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv IBES.
