阿鲁巴炼油厂计划与休斯顿Eagle LNG签署协议

　　据烃加工新闻4月19日消息称，阿鲁巴国有炼油公司阿鲁巴炼油厂（RdA）的董事告诉路透社，该公司计划最早于下月与总部位于休斯顿的Eagle LNG Partners签署一项协议，在其闲置的炼油厂建设液化天然气进口终端。

　　Reynold Arends最近在位于阿鲁巴东南部圣尼古拉斯镇的RdA总部接受采访时说，该终端将允许Eagle向荷兰加勒比岛的电力公司供应天然气，取代高硫燃料油作为该国的主要发电燃料。

　　阿鲁巴一直在为这个23.5万桶/日的炼油厂寻找新的合作伙伴，该炼油厂自2012年以来基本闲置。

　　RdA还在与总部位于圣何塞的Quanten公司牵头的财团就重启该炼油厂的35亿美元计划进行谈判。Quanten的首席执行官Jeff Meyers最近在与Arends一起接受采访时表示，该集团将准备好在8月份开始拆除炼油厂，并在三年内让炼油厂全面投入运营。

　　Quanten专业从事大型项目的电气服务。

　　Arends表示，Eagle进口的天然气也可以为该炼油厂提供动力，Eagle正在考虑将阿鲁巴作为向加勒比海其他地区出口液化天然气的枢纽。

　　Eagle发言人Linda Berndt说，公司“将继续与RdA合作，并感谢他们对项目最终完成的支持。”

　　曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻

　　原文如下：

　　Aruba refinery aims to sign deal with Houston's Eagle LNG

　　Aruba's state-owned refining company Refineria di Aruba (RdA) plans to sign a deal with Houston-based Eagle LNG Partners to build an LNG import terminal on the site of its idled refinery as soon as next month, RdA's director told Reuters.

　　The terminal would allow Eagle to supply the Dutch Caribbean island's power company with natural gas, replacing high-sulfur fuel oil as the country's main fuel for generation, Reynold Arends said in a recent interview at RdA's headquarters in the town of San Nicolas at Aruba's southeastern tip.

　　Aruba has been seeking new partners for the 235,000 barrel-per-day refinery, which has been largely idled since 2012.

　　RdA is also in talks with a consortium led by San Jose-based Quanten Llc over a $3.5 billion plan to restart the refinery itself. Quanten's chief executive, Jeff Meyers, said in a recent interview alongside Arends the group would be ready to begin demolition in August and make the refinery fully operational within three years.

　　Quanten specializes in electrical services for large projects.

　　Gas imported by Eagle could also power the refinery, Arends said, and Eagle is considering using Aruba as a hub to export LNG elsewhere in the Caribbean region.

　　Eagle spokeswoman Linda Berndt said the company "continues to work with RdA and appreciates their support toward ultimate completion of the project."?