阿联酋今年将增加380万桶储油产能

据世界能源7月1日迪拜报道，Brooge能源公司预计其在阿联酋的储油码头的新油罐将在今年年底完全投入使用，预订的一位客户将租用所有额外容量。

这家在美国上市的公司在一份声明中称，将在阿联酋富查伊拉港增加8个储罐，将原油和成品油储油产能提高380万桶。今年，由于疫情摧毁了燃料需求，导致世界各地的油罐都储满了油，充足储油的重要性突然成为人们关注的焦点。

在二期扩建完成后，Brooge的总储存能力将达到630万桶。该公司表示，第三阶段计划再增加2200万桶石油储备，预计将于2022年底完成。根据声明，Brooge正在与一家潜在客户进行“高级谈判”，以出租计划中的三期产能。

储存原油和燃料为贸易商提供了选择，使其可以在需要的时候继续持有原油，或者使产品保持在将来会更有价值的状态。在Brooge附近拥有仓库的富查伊拉石油终端也计划扩大运力。该公司商务总监马雷克?阿齐兹(Malek Azizeh)周三表示，公司将投资8,000万至1亿美元建造更多的石油产品储罐。

除了新的储油设施，Brooge还计划建造一座日产2.5万桶的炼油厂，以生产低硫燃料油。该公司周二在声明中表示，该工厂将于2021年第三季度投入运营。

该声明称，Brooge公司报告2019年亏损7700万美元，而2018年盈利1600万美元。该公司去年在纽约上市的费用为1.02亿美元。该公司的收入达到了创纪录的4400万美元，并预计随着新油罐的投产，这一数字将会上升。

裘寅 编译自 世界石油

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UAE to add 3.8 MMbbl capacity to oil storage hub in 2020

Brooge Energy Ltd. expects new tanks at its oil-storage terminal in the United Arab Emirates to be fully operational by the end of the year, with a single customer booked to lease all the additional capacity.

The U.S.-listed storage operator is adding eight tanks at the site in the UAE port of Fujairah, boosting capacity by 3.8 million barrels of crude and refined products, it said in a statement. The importance of adequate oil storage lurched into focus this year as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out fuel demand and left tanks around the world brimming.

Brooge will have 6.3 million barrels of storage capacity in total after the phase-two expansion is completed. A planned third phase to add a further 22 million barrels of oil storage should be complete in late 2022, the company said. Brooge is in “advanced negotiations” with a potential customer to lease the planned third-phase capacity, according to the statement.

Storing crude and fuels gives traders options to hold on to supply until it’s needed or to keep products in the expectation that they’ll be worth more in the future. Fujairah Oil Terminal, which owns storage near Brooge’s, also plans to expand capacity. It will invest $80 million to $100 million to build more tanks for oil products, its Commercial Director Malek Azizeh said Wednesday.

In addition to new storage, Brooge plans to build a 25,000-barrel-a-day refinery to produce low-sulfur fuel oil. The plant is to be operational in the third quarter of 2021, the company said Tuesday in the statement.

Brooge reported a 2019 loss of $77 million compared with a $16 million profit in 2018, according to the statement. The company took a $102 million charge related to the cost of its New York listing last year. It reported record revenue of $44 million and expects that figure to rise this year with the start of the new tanks.