據4月20日Trade Arabia報道，日本能源集團JXTG表示, 該公司已獲得一份合同，對一座新的亞乙基降冰片烯（ENB）工廠進行可行性研究。該工廠于2018年由沙特阿美（Saudi Aramco）和道達爾（Total）宣布，作為石油化工聯合企業的一部分，在沙特阿拉伯朱拜勒地區建造。

ENB是制造三元乙丙橡膠(EPDM)的重要成分，EPDM是一種先進的耐熱耐候合成橡膠，主要用于汽車和建筑行業。隨著汽車生產的增長，對ENB的需求也在強勁增長。

該項目于2018年4月宣布，由沙特阿美（62.5%）和道達爾（37.5%）合資的沙特石油公司（Satorp）煉油廠下游一體化的石油化工廠組成。建成后，該廠的年產能將達到23000噸。包括一個世界級規模的混合原料裂解爐——這是海灣地區第一個與煉油廠整合的混合原料裂解爐，年產150萬噸乙烯和相關的高附加值的石化裝置。2020年末，新ENB工廠可能會開始商業運營。

JXTG總裁大田佳彥（Katsuyuki Ota）表示：“我們將開始對沙特阿拉伯的新ENB工廠項目進行可行性研究，這將使沙特成為繼日本和美國之后的第三個生產基地。”

沙特阿美和道達爾正在聯合開發的Amiral石油化工總廠，將為ENB工廠提供原材料和能源的可靠供應。

JXTG集團是全球領先的ENB生產商，在日本有一條生產線，在美國有兩條生產線。公司通過在美國、歐洲和亞洲的獨立生產基地和終端網絡為全球客戶提供穩定的ENB供應。該公司自1979年開始發展ENB業務，并在2020年4月將其總產能提高到每年6.8萬噸。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Trade Arabia

原文如下：

Japan's JXTG to start feasibility study for Saudi chemical plant

Japanese petroleum company JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation said it has been awarded a contract to conduct the feasibility study for a new ethylidene norbornene (ENB) plant, to be built in Jubail region of Saudi Arabia as part of the petrochemical Amiral complex, announced by state oil giant Saudi Aramco and Total in 2018.

ENB is an important component in the manufacture of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), an advanced heat and weather resistant synthetic rubber used primarily in the automotive and construction industries.

Demand for ENB has been increasing strongly alongside the growth in the automotive production sector.

The project, announced in April 2018, consists of a petrochemical complex that will be integrated downstream of the Satorp refinery, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco (62.5%) and Total (37.5%). On completion, the plant will boast a capacity of 23,000 tonnes per year.

It will comprise a world-scale mixed-feed cracker – the first in the Gulf region to be integrated with a refinery – with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year of ethylene and related high-added-value petrochemical units.

The commercial operation is likely to start on the new Saudi ENB later this year.

JXTG President Katsuyuki Ota said: "We will commence the feasibility study for the new ENB plant project in Saudi Arabia, which would make the kingdom a third production site along with Japan and the US."

"The location in audi Arabia, downstream of the world scale mixed feed cracker of the Amiral petrochemical complex which is being jointly developed by Saudi Aramco and Total will ensure the future ENB plant of the reliable supply of raw materials and energy," stated Ota.

JXTG Group is the world’s leading ENB producer with one production line in Japan and two production lines in the US. The company provides stable ENB supply for their worldwide customers through independent production locations and its network of terminals in the US, Europe, and Asia.

JXTG Group has developed the ENB business since 1979 and has grown its production to an overall capacity of 68,000 tonnes per year in April 2020.