亞洲石蠟供應增長平穩
中國石化新聞網訊 據亞洲潤滑油周報3月9日消息，咨詢公司克萊恩公司在一次網絡研討會上表示，2010年至2017年期間，亞洲石蠟供應以復合年均1%的速度緩慢增長，盡管全球石蠟供應總體出現下降，但是亞洲市場緩慢增長的趨勢將持續。
2017年亞洲石蠟產量約為180萬噸，占全球320萬噸石蠟供應量的57%。
雖然石蠟仍在全球蠟市場占據主導地位，但隨著合成蠟和植物蠟供應的增加，石蠟在全球蠟市場所占的份額已經在緩慢下滑。克萊恩公司項目經理Pooja Sharma 表示：“在過去的5-7年時間里，石蠟在全球蠟市場所占份額已經從80%下降至不到70%。”
Sharma預測，未來五年全球石蠟市場將保持穩定。歐洲和美國沒有宣布重大的I類基礎油裝置關閉計劃，因此石蠟供應預計將保持在目前的水平。亞洲的供應將略有增加，這主要是由于中國煉油工藝的改進。
張春曉 摘譯自 亞洲潤滑油周報
原文如下：
Wax Supply Growth Flat in Asia
Asia’s petroleum wax supply grew at a compound annual rate of 1 percent between 2010 and 2017, a trend which is expected to continue despite an overall decline in global supply, said consultancy Kline & Co. in a webinar.
In 2017 Asia produced approximately 1.8 million metric tons of petroleum wax, or 57 percent of 3.2 million tons of global petroleum wax supply.
Although petroleum wax still dominates the global wax market, its share has been slowly declining as the supply of synthetic and vegetable waxes rising. “In the last five to seven years, the share of petroleum waxes has trickled down from over 80 percent to less than 70 percent,” Pooja Sharma project manager at the Parsippany, New Jersey-based consultancy noted during the presentation.
Over the next five years the market will remain static, Sharma predicts. “No significant Group I plant rationalizations have been announced in Europe and [the] U.S. for the next five years, so the supply of petroleum waxes is expected to remain stable at current levels. There will be slight supply increases In Asia, primarily due to refinery process improvements in China,” she said.
