中国石化新闻网讯 据钻机地带1月10日报道，科威特计划今年增加对欧洲的柴油和航空燃料出口，以帮助欧洲弥补来自油气的供应下降。
据一位知情人士透露，这个中东国家预计将把对欧洲的柴油发货量较2022年提高五倍，至250万吨，约合每天5万桶。该人士称，该公司还希望将航空燃油的销量增加一倍，达到近500万吨。
据美国银行（Bank of America）称，本季度柴油价格可能飙升至每桶200美元，因为该禁令可能会引发全球供应短缺。
据摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase&Co.）的分析师估计，截至去年年底，欧盟每天从产能大国购买的石油接近130万桶。其中大约一半是柴油。
近年来，科威特已经花费了数百亿美元升级和建造新的炼油厂。其最重要的投资是建造祖尔油田。该炼油厂是世界上最大的炼油厂之一，设计日加工量为61.5万桶原油，去年年底首次出口柴油和航空燃油。
据这位知情人士称，国有的科威特石油公司（Kuwait Petroleum Corp.）的航空燃油计划不包括现货市场的任何销售。这意味着实际运往欧洲的数量最终可能会超过500万吨。
这位知情人士表示，祖尔油田的三条生产线中的第一条，目前运行稳定，每天的产量超过20.5万桶。他们表示，第二条生产线将于2月中旬启动，第三条将于4月启动。
一旦该炼油厂全面投产，科威特的炼油能力将上升到每天约150万桶。
预计沙特和阿联酋等其他中东产油国也将在2023年提高对欧洲的燃料出口。
郝芬 译自 钻机地带
原文如下:
Kuwait to Send Europe 5 Times More Diesel
Kuwait plans to ramp up exports of diesel and airline fuel to Europe this year, going a small way to help the continent make up for a drop in flows.
The Middle Eastern country expects to raise diesel shipments to Europe fivefold from 2022 to 2.5 million tons, or roughly 50,000 barrels a day, according to a person familiar with the matter. It also wants to double sales of jet fuel to almost 5 million tons, the person said.
Diesel prices may spike to $200 barrel this quarter because the ban could trigger a global shortfall, according to Bank of America.
The EU was buying almost 1.3 million barrels a day of products as of late last year, analysts from JPMorgan Chase & Co. estimate. about half of that was diesel.
Kuwait has spent tens of billions of dollars upgrading and building new refineries in recent years. Its most significant investment has been building Al-Zour. It’s>State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp.’s plans for jet fuel exclude any sales>The first of Zour’s three lines, known as trains in the industry, is operating stably and processing more than 205,000 barrels a day, the person said. The second train should start by mid-February and the third by April, they said.
Kuwait’s total refining capacity will rise to about 1.5 million barrels a day>Other Middle Eastern oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also expected to boost fuel exports to Europe in 2023.
