石油设备网讯 据路透社休斯顿报道，周五，投资者Drexel Hamilton基础建设公司和铁路运营商里约格兰德太平洋公司透露，计划建造一条价值15亿美元的铁路线，将重型原油从犹他州运往美国墨西哥湾海岸。
两家公司的官员表示，该项目旨在每天向海湾沿岸的炼油厂运送约40万桶Uinta 盆地原油。
私人股本基金Drexel Hamilton的管理合伙人Mark Michel说：“由于外售能力有限，Uinta只受到墨西哥湾沿岸和海外炼油厂的限制，我们将改变这一点。"
里约格兰德太平洋公司总裁Robert Bach在接受采访时称，Uinta盆地的原油现在用卡车运到盐湖城的炼油厂，因为那里底层太厚，无法铺设管道，但海湾沿岸市场更大。”
Bach表示，拟议的项目将包括至少一个能够将原油装载上火车和接收用于水力压裂沙子的终端，铁路将取决于石油生产商的承诺。
犹他州的一个地区规划组织（七个县的基础设施建设联盟）周五批准了与Drexel Hamilton初步协议的条款，以建设铁路。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
原文如下：
Rail operator proposes to move Utah heavy oil to U.S. Gulf Coast
Investor Drexel Hamilton Infrastructure Partners LP and rail operator Rio Grande Pacific Corp on Friday disclosed plans to build a $1.5 billion rail line that would transport heavy crude from Utah to connections to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Drexel Hamilton and Rio Grande officials said the project aims to deliver about 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Uinta basin crude to Gulf Coast refineries.
“The Uinta has only been restricted from Gulf Coast and overseas refiners as a result of limited takeaway capacity,” said Mark Michel, a managing partner at private equity fund Drexel Hamilton. “We are going to change that.”
Uinta Basin oil now is trucked to Salt Lake City refineries because it is too thick to put into a pipeline, Robert Bach, president of Rio Grande said in an interview. “This (Gulf Coast) market is much bigger.”
The proposed project would include at least one terminal able to load crude onto trains and to receive sand used in hydraulic fracturing. The rail line will be contingent on receiving commitments from oil producers, Bach said.
The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, a Utah regional planning group, on Friday approved terms of a preliminary agreement with Drexel Hamilton to build the railroad.
