中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社东京9月27日消息，日本最大的炼油商JXTG日本石油能源公司周三表示，公司将关闭其位于室兰的石化工厂，主要原因是国内汽油需求下降。

JXTG执行副总裁Takashi Noro表示，室兰石化工厂主要生产塑料原料，同时副产汽油，但是日本人口的日渐减少以及汽车燃效的提高已经导致日本国内汽油需求下降，意味着该工厂当前正在亏损运转。

JXTG将在2019年3月停止室兰石化工厂的生产，并将其转换成为存储和运输成品油的终端。Noro表示，公司将与该工厂的工会讨论约230名员工的出路问题。

室兰石化工厂曾经是一座产能为18万桶/日的炼油厂，但在2014年转变为石化工厂，因日本政府推动该国膨胀的炼油行业进行整合。

JXTG公司是在4月1日才创建的，由JX控股和东燃通用石油合并而成。另外两家炼油商出光兴产和昭和壳牌公司也计划进行合并。

唐绍红 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

JXTG to shut Muroran petchem plant as Japan gasoline demand fades

9/27/2017

TOKYO (Reuters) — JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said on Wednesday it will shut its Muroran petrochemicals plant due to falling demand for gasoline in Japan.

Muroran mostly produces feedstock for plastics, with gasoline as a byproduct, but falling demand for gasoline due to a declining population and more efficient cars means it is running at a loss, JXTG Executive Vice President Takashi Noro said.

JXTG will halt output from Muroran in March, 2019 and convert it to a terminal for storing and shipping oil products. The company will discuss the future of about 230 staff with the plant's union, Noro told a briefing.

Muroran was once a 180,000-bpd oil refinery that was converted to a petrochemicals complex in 2014 as Japan's government pushed the country's bloated refining industry into the biggest shake-up in its history.

It was owned by JX Holdings which merged with TonenGeneral Sekiyu in April to create JXTG. Two other Japanese refiners, Idemitsu Kosan Co and Showa Shell Sekiyu are also planning to merge.