石油设备网讯 据路透社1月16日巴尔梅尔报道，印度政府总理莫迪周二在本国西部的拉贾斯坦邦启动了建造一个68亿美元的新炼油厂，印度政府此举旨在希望提高国家炼油能力来满足国内燃料需求的激增。
由于印度不断壮大的中产阶级把钱用于汽车和航空旅行，印度对汽油和柴油的需求在2030年前预计将增加三分之二至1.7亿公升。
印度第三大炼油企业印度斯坦石油公司将与印度政府合作在与巴基斯坦接壤的拉贾斯坦邦建造这个具有日加工18万桶原油能力的炼油和石化项目。
这个项目的基石早在2013年9月就由当时执政的国大党主席索尼娅·甘地铺设。然而，由于拉贾斯坦邦政府没有给予足够的奖励，这个项目仍然是一个没有启动的项目。
印度石油部长普拉丹说，这个项目现在估计将在2022-2023年前完成。
李峻 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
India's Modi Launches $6.8Bln Refinery In Desert State Of Rajasthan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the construction of a $6.8 billion refinery in the western state of Rajasthan, hopeful to lift national capacity to meet the surge in fuel demand.
By 2030, India's demand for petrol and diesel is expected to go up by two-thirds to 170 billion litres, as an expanding middle class spends on cars and air travel.
The 180,000-barrel-per-day refinery and petrochemical project in the state bordering Pakistan is being built by the country's third-biggest state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) in a tie-up with the state government. The foundation stone for the project was first laid in September 2013 by the then ruling Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi. However, the project remained a non-starter as the state government had not given adequate incentives.
The project is now estimated to be completed by 2022-23, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
