据ICIS网站11月11日消息 Fidelis Infrastructure的投资组合公司Gron燃料公司正在研究在路易斯安那州建立一个可再生燃料综合设施的可行性，该项目最终可能在几个阶段投资92亿美元。

最终投资决定预计在2021年作出，这将决定项目第一阶段的最终成本。

根据路易斯安那州经济发展局（LED）发布的消息，该项目计划将在9年内分阶段在密西西比河西岸的大巴吞鲁日港租赁地块实施。

ICIS全球炼油公司高级顾问迈克尔?康诺利表示，这一潜在项目是美国最新关注可再生燃料的项目。

康诺利说：“该项目的规模将与三个正在考虑或已经批准在加利福尼亚州的大型工厂相当。”

其中一个项目位于加利福尼亚州派拉蒙市的派拉蒙老炼油厂，该炼油厂于2018年由德莱克美国控股公司出售给世界能源公司。

另一方面，菲利普斯66计划重新配置位于加利福尼亚州罗迪奥市的炼油厂，以生产可再生燃料。

马拉松石油公司表示，到2020年底，它将把位于北达科他州迪金森的1.9万桶/天的炼油厂改造成1.2万桶/天的可再生柴油精炼厂。

康诺利表示，不同之处在于，其他项目是利用现有基础设施或再利用旧炼油厂的独立项目和综合项目的组合，这些项目都涉及现有设备的改造，从而大大节省成本。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

US Gron Fuels exploring possible new renewable fuels complex in Louisiana

Gron Fuels, a portfolio company of Fidelis Infrastructure, is studying the feasibility of a renewable fuels complex in Louisiana that could eventually see a total investment of $9.2bn over several phases.

A final investment decision is expected in 2021, which will determine the final cost of the project’s first phase.

Plans for the project call for it to be built in stages over nine years at a site leased from the Port of Greater Baton Rouge on the west bank of the Mississippi River, according to a release from Louisiana Economic Development (LED).

The potential project is the latest to focus on renewable fuels in the US, according to Michael Connolly, ICIS senior consultant, global refining.

“This project is interesting,” Connolly said. “This would be on scale with the three large plants under consideration or already approved in California.”

One of those projects is at the old Paramount Petroleum refinery in Paramount, California, which was sold by Delek US Holdings to World Energy in 2018.

In another, Phillips 66 plans to reconfigure its refinery in Rodeo, California, to produce renewable fuels.

And Marathon Petroleum said it will convert its 19,000 bbl/day refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota, into a 12,000 bbl/day renewable diesel refinery by late 2020.

A difference, Connolly said, is that the other projects are a mix of stand-alone and integrated projects using existing infrastructure or re-using old refineries, which all involve existing equipment to be revamped at a significant cost savings.