中国石化新闻网讯 据油气新闻网11月17日报道，雪佛龙菲利普斯化工公司和卡塔尔能源公司日前表示，他们已达成最终投资决定，将在得克萨斯州奥兰治市建造一座价值85亿美元的聚合物工厂。
该决定是石油公司为未来做准备的一项更大举措的一部分。在未来，石油用于生产能源的数量将减少，但对于生产塑料(一种聚合物)等非能源产品仍然不可或缺。
该厂预计将于2026年投入运营。其将生产聚乙烯，这是一种最常见的塑料，用于生产从冷却器配件或燃气管道和包装产品。
国际能源署（International Energy Agency）在其2050年实现净零排放的规划图中表示，全球仍需要约25%的石油产量用于塑料、商品和其他化学应用。
这两家公司在卡塔尔已是合作伙伴。这两家公司为得克萨斯州的项目创建了一家合资公司——金三角聚合物有限责任公司(Golden Triangle Polymers company LLC)，雪佛龙菲利普斯化工持有该公司51%的股权，卡塔尔能源持有其余股权。
卡塔尔能源部长兼首席执行官Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi表示，这是卡塔尔有史以来最大的石化投资。
雪佛龙菲利普斯化工公司由雪佛龙美国公司（Chevron USA Inc.）和菲利普斯66公司（Phillips66 Co）共同拥有，总部位于得克萨斯州的伍德兰兹。
该公司表示，该工厂预计将创造500多个全职工作岗位和约4500个建筑工作岗位。
郝芬 译自 油气新闻网
原文如下：
Chevron Phillips, QatarEnergy bet>Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy said they have reached a final investment decision to build an $8.5 billion polymers facility in Orange, Texas.
The agreement is part of a larger move by oil companies preparing for a future in which oil is used less to produce energy but still indispensable for making non‐energy goods such as plastics, a type of polymer.
The facility is expected to be operational in 2026. It will make polyethylene, the most common plastic, for production of goods from coolers or gas pipes and packaging.
In its road map to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency says the world would still need about 25 per cent of today's oil production for plastics, goods and other chemical applications.
The companies are already partners in Qatar. The pair created a joint venture company for the Texas project, Golden Triangle Polymers Company LLC, in which Chevron Phillips has a 51 per cent equity stake while QatarEnergy owns the rest.
This is Qatar's largest petrochemical investment ever, says the energy minister and chief executive of QatarEnergy, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi.
"This important project will complement QatarEnergy’s growing portfolio, both internationally as well as in the US," Al-Kaabi said in a statement.
Chevron Phillips Chemical is equally owned by Chevron USA. Inc. and Phillips 66 Co, and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
The company said the plant is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and approximately 4,500 construction jobs.
