据今日油价8月6日报道称，《经济时报》周二援引高级官员的话表示，印度考虑降低其最大炼厂的原油产能，因为该国在实行土地收购环保法规后，正试图找出削减膨胀成本的方法，新的环保法规使总成本从440亿美元激增至600亿美元。

印度计划与沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋国有石油公司合作，在印度西海岸的马哈拉施特拉邦建造一座大型炼厂。去年6月，沙特阿美公司和阿布扎比国家石油公司（ADNOC）与 印度国家石油公司组成的财团签署了一项框架协议和谅解备忘录，以加入该大型项目。沙特阿美公司和ADNOC将共同拥有新合资公司RRPCL 50％的股份，而另外50％的股份将由印度财团持有。双方同意寻求建立战略合作伙伴关系，共同投资开发这个耗资440亿美元的大型炼厂。

通过对这家大型炼厂的投资，欧佩克主要产油国沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋国家石油公司将确保其原油在亚洲这个具有战略意义的石油市场得以销售。

然而，一位官员对印度《经济时报》表示，按照严格的环境法规，例如不生产石油焦，只生产符合严格环境标准的燃料，意味着炼厂必须使用“一流”的技术，这将增加成本。

徐蕾 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

India Could Cut Mega Refinery Oil Capacity As Costs Surge To $60B

India considers reducing the crude capacity of what would be its largest oil refinery as the country is trying to figure out how to cut swelling costs after strict environmental measures and snags in land acquisition inflated the overall costs to US$60 billion from US$44 billion, The Economic Times reported on Tuesday, citing top officials.

India, in partnership with the state oil companies of Saudi Arabia and the UAE plans to build a giant refinery in the state of Maharashtra on India’s west coast. In June last year, Saudi Aramco and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed a framework agreement and a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of Indian national oil companies to join the mega project. Saudi Aramco and ADNOC will jointly own 50 percent of the new joint venture company RRPCL, while the other 50 percent will be held by the Indian consortium. The parties agreed to explore a strategic partnership and co-investment in the development of the US$44 billion mega refinery.

By investing in the giant Indian refinery, the national oil companies of leading OPEC producers Saudi Arabia and the UAE would secure off-take for their crude in a strategic fast-growing oil market in Asia.

However, keeping with strict environmental regulations such as not producing petroleum coke and producing only fuels meeting stringent environmental norms would mean that the ‘best-in-class’ technology must be used at the refinery, which will cost more, an official told India’s The Economic Times.