石油设备网讯 据OGJ网站4月25日休斯敦报道，北美最大的炼油企业美国瓦莱罗能源公司(Valero Energy Corp.)将投资4亿美元，扩大其旗下子公司瓦莱罗炼油新奥尔良有限责任公司位于路易斯安那州Norco的圣查尔斯炼油厂的烷基化产能。
路易斯安那州经济发展局（LED）表示，先前宣布的项目将提高现有装置的能力，将异丁烷和低模量烯烃转化为高辛烷值汽油的烷基化物。
据LED称，烷基化装置的扩建还将包括新的管道、进料干燥器、烯烃进料器、蓄能器和其他部件。
瓦莱罗能源公司在4月向投资者发布的报告中称，这个项目已进入实施阶段，计划在2020年启动，这个项目将把圣查尔斯炼油厂的烷基化能力每天提高1.7万桶。
瓦莱罗能源公司表示，其位于休斯敦的炼油厂也在实施类似的3亿美元烷基化项目，该项目计划于2019年第二季度投产，日产量为25万桶。
郝芬 编译自 OGJ
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Valero invests in Louisiana refining projects
Valero Energy Corp. is investing $400 million to expand alkylation capacity at subsidiary Valero Refining New Orleans LLC’s 340,000-b/d St. Charles refinery in Norco, La..
The previously announced project will increase the existing unit’s capacity to convert isobutane and low modular-weight alkenes into alkylate for high-octane gasoline, the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) said.
The alkylation unit expansion also will include new pipes, feed driers, an olefin feeder, accumulator, and other unidentified components, according to LED.
Already in its execution phase and still scheduled for startup in 2020, the project will expand alkylation capacity at St. Charles by 17,000 b/d, Valero said in an April presentation to investors.
A similar $300-million alkylation project scheduled for commissioning in second-quarter 2019 is under way at Valero’s 250,000-b/d Houston refinery that will expand alkylation capacity at the Texas site by 13,000 b/d, the operator said.
