据安迅思5月19日消息称，西方石油公司的低碳部周二表示，它计划在建设和运营一个试点工厂，该工厂将使用人造二氧化碳而不是烃类原料来生产生物乙烯。
该试验厂将由西方石油公司的风险投资部门Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC和生物工程初创公司Cemvita Factory共同开发。预计将于2022年开始运行。生物乙烯目前是由从甘蔗中提取的生物乙醇制成的。
Cemvita的首席执行官Moji Karimi说，这种新技术可以从二氧化碳、水和光中生产生物乙烯，这有助于降低成本和碳排放。乙烯广泛应用于化学工业，是塑料薄膜、PVC管道和冷却剂等产品的组成部分。
近年来，人们对低碳举措的兴趣有所增加，从寻求抵消其对气候影响的企业，到担心国际减排协议进展缓慢的政府官员。Oxy Low Carbon Ventures在2019年投资了Cemvita，为西方石油的化学部门研究生物制造。
根据MRC的消息，OxyChem公司计划于5月3日在美国路易斯安那州的Convent恢复烧碱和氯的生产。OxyChem公司是西方石油公司(OXY)的子公司，OXY是一家主要的国际石油化工制造商。美国OxyChem在路易斯安那州Convention的35万吨氯和39.2万吨烧碱工厂在停工一年后重新开工。该工厂于2020年第二季度因商业原因关闭。据市场消息，由于氯的供应增加，正在重新启动。
朱佳妮 摘译自 安迅思
原文如下：
Occidental Petroleum plans to construct bio-ethylene plant
Occidental Petroleum's low-carbon unit said on Tuesday it plans to construct and operate a pilot plant that would use human-made carbon dioxide, instead of hydrocarbon-sourced feedstocks, to produce bio-ethylene.
The pilot plant will be jointly developed by Occidental's venture capital arm, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC, and bio-engineering startup, Cemvita Factory. It is expected to start functioning in 2022. Bio-ethylene is currently made from bio-ethanol, which is made from sugarcane.
The new technology produces bio-ethylene from carbon dioxide, water and light, which helps lower costs and carbon emissions, Cemvita's Chief Executive Officer Moji Karimi said. Ethylene, widely used in the chemical industry, is a component of products ranging from plastic films to PVC piping and coolants.
Interest in low-carbon initiatives has grown in recent years, ranging from companies seeking to offset their climate impact to public officials worried about the slow pace of international agreements to cut emissions. Oxy Low Carbon Ventures in 2019 had invested in Cemvita to look at bio-manufacturing for Occidental's chemical unit.
As per MRC, OxyChem, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), a major international petrochemicals manufacturer, plans to resume caustic soda, chlorine production in Convent, Louisiana, USA on May 3. OxyChem in the United States is reopening its 350,000 tonnes of chlorine and 392,000 tonnes of caustic soda plant in Convention, Louisiana after a year of downtime. The plant was closed for commercial reasons in the second quarter of 2020. According to market sources, due to the increased supply of chlorine, it is being restarted.
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