石油设备网讯 据管道新闻网休斯顿3月11日消息称，Moda中流公司首席执行官表示，该公司正考虑在其位于得克萨斯州英格尔塞德的原油出口终端建造第二个泊位，以容纳超级油轮。
该公司首席执行官博麦考尔在接受采访时表示，随着今年下半年三条主要输油管道的开通，该公司将扩建装载油轮的码头。Moda还将该设施的原油储存量从200万桶增加到1200万桶。
麦考尔表示：“当这些新管道投入使用时，每天将有将近350万桶石油进入市场，需求非常强劲。我们的工作非常快。”
Moda将决定是否会在三个月内修改其中一个泊位以容纳超级油轮。麦考尔表示，如果该计划得以实施，该公司可能在大约9个月内将该泊位投入使用。
麦考尔表示，Moda还在研究建造一个额外的码头，增加两个泊位的可行性，该码头可容纳其他类型的油轮。一旦获得必要的批准，所有的泊位可以在两年内投入使用。
麦考尔补充说，该设施的扩建可能将日出口量从130万桶/天提高到200万桶/天。
美国能源情报署的数据显示，2月底美国原油日产量达到创纪录的336万桶，页岩气热潮将产量提升至1210万桶。
2016年，美国国会终止了一项实施了40年的禁令，美国开始出口原油，并已成为全球市场的主要供应国。
麦考尔表示，因Plains AlI美国管道公司、EPIC管道原油管道公司和加拿大安乔安乔管道公司等公司推动的新管道项目开始运营，他预计美国石油出口将大幅增加。
Moda去年8月从西方石油公司购买了英格尔赛德设施。该码头可部分装载非常大的原油运输船，这些运输船的运载能力可达200万桶原油。
预计今年美国陆军工程兵团将签署一份合同，将科珀斯克里斯蒂船舶通道疏通到英格尔赛德设施，深度从47英尺增加到54英尺，使Moda每艘超级油轮的装载能力提高到150万桶。
曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网
原文如下：
Moda Looks at 2nd Supertanker Berth to Handle 3 New Pipelines
Moda Midstream LLC is considering building a second berth at its Ingleside, Texas, crude export terminal to accommodate supertankers, the company’s chief executive said.
The expansion to the terminal that loads oil tankers will come as three major pipelines open in the second half of this year, CEO Bo McCall said in an interview. Moda is also increasing the facility’s crude storage capacity from 2 million to 12 million barrels.
“When these new pipelines come online, there is going to be close to 3.5 million barrels a day coming into the market,” McCall said. “Demand is very strong. And we’re working very fast.”
Moda will decide if it will modify one of its berths to accommodate supertankers within three months. If the plan goes forward, the company could bring the berth into service in about nine months, McCall said.
Moda is also studying the feasibility of building an additional pier with two more berths, McCall said, which would handle other types of tankers. once the necessary approvals were received, all the berths could go into use within two years.
The expansion could boost the facility’s export capacity to 2 MMbpd from 1.3 MMbpd, McCall added.
U.S. crude exports hit a record 3.36 MMbpd in late February, according to the Energy Information Administration, as a shale boom lifted production to 12.1 MMbpd.
The United States began exporting crude in 2016 after Congress halted a 40-year-old ban and has become a major supplier to global markets.
McCall said he expects U.S. oil exports to rise sharply after new pipeline projects advanced by Plains All American Pipeline LP, EPIC Crude Pipeline LP and Enbridge Inc start service.
Moda purchased the Ingleside facility from Occidental Petroleum Corp last August. The terminal can partially load very large crude carriers, which have the capacity to carry as much as 2 million barrels of oil.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year is expected to award a contract to dredge the Corpus Christi ship channel to the Ingleside facility to a depth of 54 feet from 47 feet, which would allow Moda’s loading ability per supertanker to rise to 1.5 million barrels.
