據路透社10月17日消息，圭亞那已經呼吁各方提出設計、融資和建造一座3萬桶/日加工量的煉油廠的建議，這將是該國成為原油生產國后的首座煉油廠。

該煉油廠將位于伯比斯河附近的公共土地上，建設工作預計將在2023年上半年開始，項目將在兩年后完成。該煉油廠項目的招標截止日期為12月中旬。

埃克森美孚牽頭的財團今年計劃將圭亞那的油氣產量提高到近40萬桶/天，對于一個2019年才開始生產原油的國家來說，這是一個快速的增長。當前該國所有的原油用于出口。

圭亞那政府計劃為該項目提供財政激勵，包括10年的免稅期。它還將從圭亞那的石油產量中獲得煉油廠所需的所有原油供應。不過，圭亞那政府不打算入股該煉油廠。

到2027年，埃克森牽頭的財團預計圭亞那石油日產量將達到120萬桶。圭亞那已經承諾將很快安排石油和天然氣區塊的拍賣，以吸引新公司進入其剩余的海上地區。

龐曉華 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Guyana opens tender for its first oil refinery

Guyana has called for proposals to design, finance and build a 30,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery, the first for the South American country as it becomes a force in crude oil production.

Construction work on the facility, to be located on public land near the Berbice river, is expected to begin by the first half of 2023 with project completion two years after. Requests are due in mid-December.

An ExxonMobil-led consortium has ramped up oil and gas output to almost 400,000 bpd this year, a rapid increase for a country that only inaugurated crude production in 2019. All output is currently exported.

The government plans to provide fiscal incentives for the project, including a 10-year tax holiday. It will also secure all the crude supply the refinery will need from Guyana's share of oil production. However, it does not plan to take a stake in the facility.

By 2027, the Exxon-led consortium expects to pump 1.2 MMbpd of oil. Guyana has promised to soon schedule an auction of oil and gas blocks to attract new companies to its remaining offshore areas.