石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯7月11日消息，韩国顶级炼油商SK 创新公司计划来年将低硫燃料供应量从目前的23,000桶/天增加至130,000桶/天，以满足国际海事组织自2020年1月1日起实施的更严格的船用燃料监管要求。
SK国际贸易部门目前通过海上混合86％的汽油和14％的燃料C燃料油，提供23,000桶/天的低硫轻质燃料。
该公司负责人表示：“SK国际贸易部门的目标是明年将其配油能力从平均23,000桶/天提高到90,000桶/天。”
自2010年以来，该贸易部门一直参与石油混合业务，在加工半成品后，在油轮上提供低硫燃料。
该官员表示，混合业务预计将在国际海事组织0.5％的全球海洋燃料硫含量限制上获得巨大飞跃。
SK创新公司还将从其减压脱硫装置VRDS生产40,000桶/天的低硫燃料油，该燃料油将于2020年4月开始商业化生产。
VRDS将重质燃料油转化为增值的低硫轻质产品，生产34,000桶/天的0.5％含硫燃料油和6,000桶/天的汽油。VRDS将使该公司的重油改质能力从目前的199,000桶/天增加到239,000桶/天。
SK创新公司已与主要承运人签订了一系列合同，以提供低硫燃料油。
公司官员表示，SK创新公司将主要从美国、俄罗斯或哈萨克斯坦购买轻质低硫原油，理由是IMO船用燃料法规对中间馏分油的需求增加。
该官员还表示，炼油厂还将使用更多的轻质原油来弥补伊朗凝析油的损失，同时该公司已启用卡塔尔、俄罗斯和美国的钢桶取代南帕尔斯凝析油。
据一位公司消息人士称，该炼油厂今年1-5月共从美国进口了2207万桶原油，从2018年同期的528万桶增至4倍多。
裘寅 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
South Korea's SK Innovation to raise supply of low sulfur fuels to 130,000 b/d next year
South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation will increase supply of low sulfur fuels to 130,000 b/d next year, from the current 23,000 b/d, to meet stronger demand due to the implementation of marine fuel regulation by International Maritime Organization from January 1, 2020, a company official said Thursday.
The refiner's trading arm SK Trading International is currently supplying 23,000 b/d of low-sulfur light fuels through offshore blending of 86% of gasoil and 14% of bunker C fuel oil.
"SK Trading International aims to increase its oil blending capacity from an average 23,000 b/d to 90,000 b/d next year," the company official said.
The trading unit has been involved in the oil blending business since 2010, supplying low-sulfur fuel onboard a tanker after processing half-finished product.
The blending business is expected to take a big leap on the back of the IMO's 0.5% global sulfur cap on marine fuels, the official said.
SK Innovation will also produce 40,000 b/d of low-sulfur fuel oil from its vacuum residue desulfurization, or VRDS, that will start commercial production in April 2020.
The VRDS will transform heavy fuel oil into value-added low-sulfur light products, producing 34,000 b/d of 0.5% sulfur fuel oil and 6,000 b/d of gasoil. The VRDS will increase the company's heavy oil upgrader capacity to 239,000 b/d from 199,000 b/d currently.
SK Innovation has already concluded a series of contracts with major shippers to provide low sulfur fuel oil.
The official also said SK Innovation would increase purchases of light sweet crude mainly from the US, Russia or Kazakhstan, citing stronger demand of middle distillates under the IMO marine fuel regulation.
The refiner would also use more light crude to make up for the loss of Iranian condensate, while it has been replacing South Pars condensate with barrels from Qatar, Russia and the US, the official said.
The refiner imported a total of 22.07 million barrels of crude from the US over January-May this year, jumping more than four times from 5.28 million barrels in the same period in 2018, according to a company source.
