据OGJ 网站5月24日休斯顿报道，Delek美国控股公司未来5年将投资1.5亿美元用于改善位于洛杉矶克罗茨斯普林斯的7.4万b/SD炼油厂运营情况的一系列项目。

路易斯安那州经济发展机构(LED)表示，拟议中的炼油厂强化项目将包括基础设施改善、工厂建设和翻新，以及安装新的机械和设备。

虽然有关这些项目的更多细节尚未披露，但Leed证实Delek在选择路易斯安那炼油厂进行新的投资之前，曾考虑过其在德克萨斯和阿肯色州的其他炼油工厂。LED向经营者提供了一套具有竞争力的激励方案，其包括一笔高达750万美元的、为期4年的绩效奖励。为了加强在阿查法拉亚河上的克罗茨斯普林斯港为该公司服务的码头终端，以确保安全。

据OGJ 网站2018年1月9日和11月29日的报道显示，在克罗茨斯普林强化项目宣布之前，Delek已经完成了先前宣布的6，000-b/SD烷基化装置，以增加产品灵活性和提高炼油厂的利润率潜力。

Delek 在其5月份的投资者报告中表示，烷基化项目于4月初完工，总成本为1.38亿美元，通过将低价异丁烷转化为更高值的烷基化产品，提高了炼油厂的整体灵活性，使夏季汽油的产量达到多个等级，并增加了生产优质汽油所需的辛烷值。

此外，该公司还在5月份告诉投资者，克罗茨斯普林斯炼油厂正在探索未来生产低硫船用燃料的可能性。

郝芬 译自 OGJ

原文如下：

Delek plots Krotz Springs refinery improvements

Delek US Holdings Inc.will invest $150 million in a series of projects over the next 5 years to improve operations at its 74,000-b/sd refinery in Krotz Springs, La.

The proposed enhancement projects at the refinery will include infrastructure improvements, plant construction and renovations, and installation of new machinery and equipment, the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) said.

While further details regarding the projects were not disclosed, LED confirmed Delek US considered its other refining sites in Texas and Arkansas before choosing the Louisiana refinery for the new investment, for which LED offered the operator a competitive incentive package—including a performance-based grant of up to $7.5 million, payable over 4 years, for enhancing the dock terminal that serves the company at the Port of Krotz Springs on the Atchafalaya River—to secure.

Announcement of the Krotz Springs enhancement projects follows Delek US’s completion of its previously announced 6,000-b/sd alkylation unit to add product flexibility and increase margin potential at the refinery (OGJ Online, Nov. 29, 2018; Jan. 9, 2018).

Completed in early April at a total cost of $138 million, the alkylation project has improved overall refinery flexibility by converting lower-priced isobutane into higher-value alkylate, enabling production of multiple summer grades of gasoline as well as increasing octane for production of premium gasoline, Delek US said in its May investor presentation.

The operator additionally told investors in May the Krotz Springs refinery is exploring the possibility of producing low-sulfur marine fuel in the future.

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