据安迅思7月8日消息称，根据天然气供应商Matheson Tri-State周四发表的一份声明，顶点能源公司已经为其在阿拉巴马州莫比尔开发的可再生柴油项目签署了氢气供应协议。

顶点能源已从壳牌手中收购了该炼油厂，并于4月1日已完成收购。

顶点能源计划在今年底之前将该炼油厂的加氢裂化装置转换为生产可再生柴油。生产将于2023年第一季度开始，产量将达到8000桶～10000桶/天。

顶点能源表示，提供可再生柴油工艺技术的丹麦Haldor Topsoe公司将“引领技术实施”。顶点能源没有详细说明Haldor Topsoe在转换中的角色。

顶点能源表示已与承包商Worley进行初步设计、工程和采购活动。

该公司表示，改造将耗资0.9亿～1亿美元。

与此同时，顶点能源在4月1日表示，炼油厂的石油燃料生产利润率应保持在较高水平。

曹海斌 摘译自 安迅思

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US Vertex signs hydrogen supply deal for renewable diesel project

Vertex Energy has signed a hydrogen-supply agreement for the renewable-diesel project it is developing in Mobile, Alabama, according to a statement on Thursday by Matheson Tri-State, the company providing the gas.

Vertex had acquired the refinery from Shell and said on 1 April that it had completed the purchase.

Vertex plans to convert the refinery’s hydrocracker to produce renewable diesel by the end of 2022. Production should start in the first quarter of 2023, and output should be 8,000-10,000 bbl/day.

Haldor Topsoe, which provides renewable-diesel process technology, will “lead the technology implementation” of the conversion, Vertex said. Vertex did not elaborate on Haldor Topsoe’s role in the conversion.

Vertex said it has proceeded with initial design, engineering and procurement activities with the contractor Worley.

The conversion should cost $90m-100m, the company said.

Meanwhile, margins for petroleum-based fuel production at the refinery should remain at elevated levels, Vertex said on 1 April.