中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社9月25日新加坡报道，日本第4大炼油企业科斯莫石油公司的高层管理人员日前在新加坡说，考虑到全球船舶从2020年起转向更清洁燃料，将导致柴油需求大幅跃升，科斯莫石油公司计划提高其位于大阪的Sakai炼油厂的柴油产量，以从需求激增中获利。

科斯莫石油公司总裁Hisashi Kobayashi在新加坡出席行业会议期间对路透社记者说，由科斯莫能源控股公司全资拥有的科斯莫石油公司时下正在考虑增加装置，比如脱盐装置，使其10万桶/天原油蒸馏装置（CDU）能够加工更多的重油并最大化其在Sakai炼油厂的延迟焦化装置的柴油产量。

Kobayashi在新加坡举行的亚洲最大石油会议上说，科斯莫石油公司的3家炼油厂在2019年年底前都将不生产任何真空残渣。

脱盐装置在原油在炼油厂加工前将从原油中除去盐和水。

李峻 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Japan's Cosmo Oil to boost diesel output to meet demand from ships from 2020

9/25/2017

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Japan's Cosmo Oil plans to increase diesel output at its Sakai refinery in Osaka, looking to capitalize on an expected jump in demand when a global mandate for ships to switch to cleaner fuels kicks in from 2020, its top executives said.

The company, wholly owned by Cosmo Energy Holdings, is considering adding units such as a desalter that will allow its 100,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) to process more heavy oil and maximize diesel output from its delayed coker in Sakai, Cosmo Oil President Hisashi Kobayashi told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry event.

"All of our three refineries will not produce any vacuum residue by the end of 2019," Kobayashi said as the oil industry gathers in Singapore this week for its largest meeting in Asia.

A desalter removes salt and water from crude before it is processed at a refinery.