中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2023年1月10日报道，一名消息人士周二对路透社记者表示，位于巴格达南部的新建卡尔巴拉炼油厂预计在今年7月前将达到每日14万桶的满负荷运转产能。
伊拉克石油部长Hayan Abdel Ghani日前表示，新建卡尔巴拉炼油厂预计将在3月中旬开始商业燃料生产，这个炼油厂估计建造费用略高于60亿美元。
这名消息人士向路透社记者透露卡尔巴拉炼油厂将以60%的产能进行试运行。
卡尔巴拉炼油厂是伊拉克几十年来新建的第一座炼油厂，旨在生产汽油、液化石油气、航空燃料、汽油、燃料油和沥青。据阿格斯报道，卡尔巴拉炼油厂生产的燃料将帮助伊拉克将其精制石油产品进口减少大约60%。
这名消息人士对路透社记者表示，新建卡尔巴拉炼油厂预计不会影响伊拉克的原油出口，因为欧佩克第二大产油国可能会提高原油产量或削减其他炼油厂的原油加工量。
路透社看到的伊拉克国有石油市场营销组织（SOMO）公布的统计数据显示，去年12月伊拉克南部港口巴士拉港的原油平均日出口量为324万桶。
伊拉克是欧佩克中仅次于沙特阿拉伯的第二大产油国，该国石油部不久前公布的统计数据显示，伊拉克2023年的石油收入将超过1150亿美元。这一数字源于去年原油出口量为12.09亿桶，或日均333.2万桶。
作为欧佩克第二大原油生产国，伊拉克去年第三季度的原油日产量为450万桶，伊拉克几乎所有的出口收入都依赖石油出口。
根据Al-Monitor公布的统计数据，原油价格下跌，伊拉克的石油收入在2020年下降至仅420亿美元。2021年，伊拉克的石油收入反弹至756亿美元。
伊拉克是世界上第5大探明石油储量拥有国，伊拉克拥有1450亿桶探明石油储量。
李峻 编译自 油价网
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