平台火灾致墨国油日产量减少42.1万桶

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据ICIS网站8月24日消息 墨西哥国家石油公司（Pemex）周一证实，墨西哥海上石油平台发生火灾，导致该公司将原油产量降低42.1万桶/日。

　　墨西哥国家石油公司总经理奥克塔维奥·罗梅罗在记者招待会上发表了评论表示，该平台的主要功能是发电，并将天然气注入油井。

　　罗梅罗表示，由于火灾，125口油井的石油产量减少了42.1万桶/日。墨西哥石油公司寻求尽快重启生产。

　　罗梅罗没有明确时间范围。

　　该公司在一份声明中表示，火灾发生在坎佩切湾Ku-Maloob-Zaap油田的E-Ku-A2平台。事故导致墨西哥国家石油公司的一名雇员和承包商Cotemar的四名工人死亡。

　　Cotemar在一份声明中承认了这起事故。

　　墨西哥国家石油公司表示，大火于周日开始，目前已经控制住了火势。

　　墨西哥国家石油公司表示，事故发生在定期维护期间。该公司正在调查火灾原因，但强调这不是由于缺乏维修投资所造成。

　　如果墨西哥国家石油公司减少石油产量，那么可能会限制其乙烯装置的乙烷供应。墨西哥所有的裂解装置都以乙烷为原料，墨西哥国内的乙烷大部分来自油井产出的伴生气。

　　多年来，墨西哥的石油产量下降，导致国内乙烷供应也下降。

　　该国目前乙烷短缺，依赖从美国进口来弥补部分赤字。

　　王磊 摘译自 ICIS

　　原文如下：

　　Platform fire cuts Mexico oil output by 421,000 bbl/day - Pemex

　　State producer Pemex confirmed on Monday that a fire at an offshore oil platform in Mexico caused the company to lower crude production by 421,000 bbl/day.

　　The platform's main function is to generate electricity and to send natural gas for injection into oil wells, said Octavio Romero, general director of Pemex. He made his comments during a press conference.

　　Because of the fire, oil production was cut by 421,000 bbl/day at 125 wells, Romero said. Pemex seeks to restart production as soon as possible.

　　Romero did not specify a time frame.

　　In a statement, the company said the fire took place at the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Bay of Campeche. The accident killed a Pemex employee and four workers from Cotemar, a contractor.

　　Cotemar acknowledged the accident in a statement.

　　Pemex said the fire started on Sunday and it has brought the blaze under control.

　　The accident took place during scheduled maintenance, Pemex said. The company is investigating the cause of the fire, but stressed that it was not caused by a lack of investing in maintenance.

　　If Pemex reduces oil production, then that could limit supplies of ethane for its ethylene plants. All of Mexico's crackers rely on ethane as a feedstock and Mexico gets most of its domestic ethane from the associated gas produced from its oil wells.

　　Over the years, Mexico's oil production has fallen, causing domestic ethane supplies to drop as well.

　　The country now has an ethane shortage and relies on imports from the US to make up a portion of the deficit.