據美國油價網2022年6月21日報道，美國能源信息署周二發(fā)布的最新煉油產能報告顯示，今年美國可運營的煉油產能已創(chuàng)下近十年來的最低水平。 

根據EIA公布的最新數據，自1月1日起，今年美國煉油日產能降至1794萬桶，低于去年同期的1809萬桶。美國煉油產能目前處于2014年以來的最低水平。

美國可運營的煉油企業(yè)從去年的129家增加到130家，正在運營的煉油企業(yè)增加1家，達到125家。  

與截至2020年1月1日的美國煉油產能相比，2022年的煉油日產能減少100多萬桶。 

EIA上周三發(fā)布的《石油狀況報告》顯示，在截至6月10日的一周內，美國煉油企業(yè)平均日產量為1630萬桶，相當于可運營產能的93.7%，比前一周減少6.7萬桶。

美國的煉油產能比其他任何國家都要多，盡管亞洲大國的煉油產能今年可能會超過美國——事實上，亞洲大國煉油產能可能已經超過了美國。

美國汽油價格從2021年開始上漲，由于煉油廠利用率高，原油庫存低，美國煉油企業(yè)被認為是汽油價格上漲的最大元兇之一。 

雪佛龍公司首席執(zhí)行官沃思在6月早些時候曾表示，他認為美國煉油產能問題在短期內不會得到任何緩解，考慮到建新煉油廠的籌備時間長以及考慮到氣候問題以及化石燃料未來的不確定性，沃思甚至暗示美國可能永遠不會再建新的煉油廠。 

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

EIA: US Refining Capacity Sinks To Near Decade Low

Operable refining capacity in the United States hit a nearly decade low in 2022, the EIA’s latest Refining Capacity Report showed on Tuesday.

U.S. refining capacity fell this year to 17.94 million barrels per day as of January 1, according to the latest EIA data-down from 18.09 million bpd on January 1 last year. U.S. refining capacity is now the lowest it’s been since 2014.

The total number of operable refineries rose to 130, up from 129 last year, with the number of operating refineries increasing by 1 to 125.

Compared to operable U.S. refining capacity as of January 1, 2020, this year’s refining capacity has decreased by more than a million barrels per day.

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.3 million bpd during the week ending June 10, according to the EIA’s Petroleum Status Report published last Wednesday-that’s a decrease of 67,000 bpd over the previous week-running at 93.7% of operable capacity.

The United States has more refining capacity than any other country, although the biggest country in Asia refining capacity could overtake the United States’ yet this year-in fact, it may have already overtaken the United States.

Gasoline prices in the United States began ticking up in 2021, and with high refining utilization rates and low crude product inventories, the refining segment has been fingered as one of the biggest price culprits.

Chevron’s CEO Mike Worth said earlier this month that he doesn’t see any relief to the refining capacity issue in sight, even going so far as to suggest that the United States may not see any new refineries built, ever, given their long lead times combined with the uncertainty of the future of fossil fuels in general given climate concerns.