據美國油價網2022年8月26日報道，英國石油公司（bp）8月26日對油價網記者表示，該公司時下仍在評估位于美國中西部的惠廷煉油廠的受火災影響部分何時能夠重新啟動。  

bp繼續“與地方和州機構合作，繼續監測電氣火災的影響”，此次事故沒有人受傷。 

bp表示，它正在“繼續評估惠廷煉油廠火災受影響部分何時能重新啟動”，但沒有詳細說明有多少成品油受到影響。也沒有提供懷廷煉油廠重啟的日期。

惠廷煉油廠是位于美國中西部地區最大的煉油廠，該煉油廠每天能夠加工44萬桶原油。 

根據EIA公布的最新每周統計數據，惠廷煉油廠位于PADD 2-a地區，截至8月19日，該地區的產能利用率為95.4%，這是近一年來該地區的最高產能利用率，每天加工399.7萬桶原油。  

惠廷煉油廠每天可生產1000萬加（約27.7萬桶）汽油、400萬加侖柴油和200萬加侖航空煤油； 惠廷煉油廠的簡報稱，它每天能夠生產足夠的汽油，支持700萬輛汽車的日常出行。

美國的汽油價格幾個月來一直處于下降趨勢，但煉油廠的重大停產——如bp的惠廷煉油廠——有能力推高汽油價格。 根據美國汽車協會的數據，美國汽油平均價格為每加侖3.869美元。 印第安納州的平均汽油價格低于此水平，為每加侖3.841美元。

兩周前，bp表示已達成協議，將退出所屬哈斯基托萊多煉油廠（日產量16萬桶）的股權，將主要精力放在美國惠廷和Cherry Point煉油廠上。

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網

原文如下：

BP Looks To Restart The Midwest’s Largest Refinery

BP is still in the process of assessing when a restart of the affected units of its Whiting refinery can take place, BP told Oilprice.com on Friday.

BP continues to work “with local and state agencies as we continue to monitor the impact” of the electrical fire, which saw no one injured.

BP said it was “continuing to assess when a restart of the affected units can take place,” but did not elaborate on how much finished product had been affected. It also provided no date for restart.

The Whiting refinery—the largest refinery in the Midwest—is capable of processing 440,000 barrels per day of crude oil. 

The refinery is located in PADD 2—a region that is running at 95.4% of capacity as of August 19, according to the latest weekly EIA data. This is the highest capacity utilization in almost a year, contributing 3.997 million barrels of crude oil per day.

The Whiting refinery can produce 10 million gallons (~277,000 barrels) of gasoline, 4 million gallons of diesel, and 2 million gallons of jet fuel each day; it is capable of producing enough gasoline every day to support the daily travel of 7 million cars, the refinery factsheet claims. 

Gasoline prices in the United States have been on a downward trend for months, but a significant refinery outage, such as BP’s Whiting refinery, has the power to pressure gasoline prices higher. The national average price for a gallon of gasoline was $3.869, according to AAA data. Indiana’s average was below that at $3.841 per gallon.

Two weeks ago, BP said it had reached a deal to exit its stake in the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery (160,000 bpd), leaving it to focus on its Whiting and Cherry Point refineries in the United States.