據ICIS網站8月7日多倫多報道 加拿大科威特石化公司（CKPC）正在評估疫情對聚丙烯（PP）需求的影響，因為其將決定何時以及如何在加拿大艾伯塔省開展丙烷脫氫/聚丙烯項目。

今年1月，科威特石化公司表示項目將于2023年下半年啟動。然而，受冠狀病毒大流行和全球能源價格下跌，該項目在3月份被推遲。

科威特合資企業合作伙伴彭比納管道公司周四晚些時候在一份項目更新報告中表示：“Covid-19對全球經濟和未來聚丙烯需求的全面影響仍不確定，需要仔細評估。”

彭比納表示，需要了解未來和持續存在的風險，并將其納入項目成本估算中。

此外，該公司表示，加拿大聯邦和省當局以及項目融資財團，將需要重新確認“原始投資參數”。

彭比納表示：“該項目的重啟需要得到科威特管理委員會的批準以及每個合作伙伴董事會的批準。”

同時，彭比納補充稱：“關鍵人才和知識得以保留，所有這些都是為了保持項目的價值，以便重新啟動項目。”

彭比納管道公司和科威特石化工業公司的科威特石化公司合資企業涉及建設一個綜合丙烷脫氫/聚丙烯工廠，將2.3萬桶/天的艾伯塔省低成本丙烷轉化為聚丙烯。

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

Canada’s CKPC assess virus impact on new PP project in Alberta

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp (CKPC) is evaluating the impact of the coronavirus health crisis on polypropylene (PP) demand as it decides when and how to proceed with its propane dehydrogenation/PP project in Canada’s Alberta province.

In January, CKPC had indicated a project startup of H2 2023. However, in March the project was deferred, with officials citing the coronavirus pandemic and the decline in global energy prices.

“The full impact of Covid-19 on the global economy and future demand for PP remains uncertain and needs to be carefully evaluated,” CKPC joint venture partner Pembina Pipeline said in a project update late on Thursday.

Future and ongoing risks needed to be understood and priced into project cost estimates, Pembina said.

Also, Canadian federal and provincial authorities, and the project financing syndicate, will need to re-confirm “original investment parameters”, the company said.

“The project restart is subject to CKPC management committee approval and each partners' board approval,” Pembina said.

Meanwhile, “key talent and knowledge have been retained, all to preserve project value for an efficient potential re-start,” Pembina added.

The CKPC joint venture between Pembina Pipeline and Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) involves building an integrated PDH/PP complex to convert 23,000 bbl/day of low-cost Alberta-sourced propane into PP.