据全球能源新闻网2019年8月18日休斯顿报道，美国管道运营商金德摩根公司(金德摩根/Kinder Morgan Inc)计划投资1.7亿美元，用于休斯顿船舶航道沿线的各种扩建项目。

这家北美著名能源基础设施公司表示，这笔投资将提高效率，增加产品流动性，并增强其帕萨迪纳终端和加利纳公园终端的混合能力。

为了应对日益增长的客户需求，金德摩根的液体终端平台现在拥有10个船舶停靠码头、38个驳船停泊码头、20条连接到10个地区炼油厂和化工厂的入站管道、15条出站管道、14条横跨航道的管线以及位于北美洲能源出口领先港口休斯顿船舶航道上可以储存大约4300万桶成品油的仓库。

这些预计将在2020年第二季度末前完成的改进得到与一家主要炼油商达成的一项长期协议的支持，为该终端提供大约200万桶成品油的储存能力。

除了增强帕萨迪纳终端的功能，金德摩根还将投资4500多万美元，在其加利纳公园终端为25艘油轮开发和建造一个按需丁烷混合系统。这个项目将包括建造一个3万桶丁烷球体，一个新的入站C4管道连接以及储罐和管道改造，以期把丁烷混合能力扩展到25个储罐、两个船舶停靠码头和6条跨航道管道。这个项目得到了与一家投资级中游公司的长期协议的支持，预计将在2020年第4季度完成。

金德摩根负责终端的总裁约翰?施洛瑟表示：“这些项目表明，金德摩根将继续致力于追求卓越，并改善我们在休斯顿船舶航道沿线业已一流的设施。”

李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下：

Kinder Morgan Invest $170Mln in Houston Ship Channel

Houston pipeline operator Kinder Morgan (KMI) plans to invest $170 million in various expansion projects along the Houston Ship Channel.

The investment will increase efficiency, add product liquidity, and enhance blending capabilities at its Pasadena and Galena Park terminals, part of its best-in-class refined products storage hub on the Houston Ship Channel, said the energy infrastructure company in North America.

In response to growing customer demand, KMI’s liquids terminal platform now boasts 10 ship docks, 38 barge spots, 20 inbound pipelines providing connectivity to 10 regional refineries and chemical plants, 15 outbound pipelines, 14 cross-channel lines, and approximately 43 million barrels of storage on the Houston Ship Channel, North America’s leading port for energy exports.

The improvements, which are expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2020, are supported by a long-term agreement with a major refiner for approximately 2.0 million barrels of refined petroleum products storage capacity at the terminal.

In addition to the enhancements at the Pasadena Terminal, KMI will also invest more than $45 million to develop and construct a butane-on-demand blending system for 25 tanks at its Galena Park Terminal. The project will include construction of a 30,000-barrel butane sphere, a new inbound C4 pipeline connection, as well as tank and piping modifications to extend butane blending capabilities to 25 tanks, two ship docks, and six cross-channel pipelines. The project is supported by a long-term agreement with an investment grade midstream company and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020.

“These projects speak to Kinder Morgan’s continued commitment to excellence and to improving our already best-in-class facilities along the Houston Ship Channel,” said John Schlosser, president of Terminals for KMI.