据气体世界网2021年9月28日报道，由于天然气价格高企带来的“极具挑战性”的经济情况，德国化工巨头巴斯夫日前成为欧洲最新一家削减某些化肥产能的公司。
巴斯夫在比利时安特卫普港和路德维希港的化工厂和在德国的化工厂都先后削减了氨产量。
巴斯夫在一份声明中表示，“由于欧洲天然气价格最近大幅上涨，在该地区运营氨厂的经济难度非常大。”“因此，巴斯夫削减了安特卫普港和路德维希港化工厂的氨产量。”
巴斯夫说，“巴斯夫将持续监控天然气价格的发展，并相应地调整其氨产量。”
由于天然气价格飙升导致化肥行业利润率出现负增长，欧洲众多化肥工厂纷纷关闭和减产，巴斯夫是欧洲最新一家缩减化肥氨产量的公司。
李峻 编译自 气体世界网
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BASF becomes latest to curtail fertiliser production
Chemicals giant BASF has become the latest to curtail certain fertilisers production capacity, due to the ‘extremely challenging’ economics at the hands of high natural gas prices.
The company has curtailed ammonia production at both its Antwerp and Ludwigshafen plants in Belgium and Germany.
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The announcement is the latest in a long line of fertiliser plant closures and capacity reductions as the sector struggles with negative margins as a result of soaring natural gas pricing.