據油氣新聞網10月18日報道，意大利能源集團埃尼(Eni)表示，該公司正在研究在其位于意大利中部利沃諾(Livorno)的工業基地建設一座生物煉油廠的可能性。

該可行性研究涉及建造三座生產氫化生物燃料的新工廠，包括一座生物原料預處理裝置、一座致力于將生物原料轉化為生物燃料的“生態凈化”工廠以及一座用于從甲烷氣體中生產氫氣的工廠。

埃尼集團表示，三座工廠的設計將于2023年完成，施工可能于2025年開始。該公司補充稱，生物煉油廠將占用目前燃料和潤滑油生產設施的工業場地。

埃尼集團在一份聲明中表示，該項目將最大限度地發揮現有基礎設施的協同作用，確保該基地未來作為就業和生產中心的地位。

埃尼集團每年生產110萬噸生物燃料，并計劃到2025年將增至200萬噸，未來十年將增至600萬噸。

該公司在意大利的另外兩個生物煉油廠分別位于威尼斯和西西里的格拉鎮。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

原文如下：

Eni considering building third biorefinery in Italy

Energy group Eni is looking into the possibility of building a biorefinery at its industrial site in Livorno, central Italy, the company said.

The feasibility study involves building three new plants for the production of hydrogenated biofuel, including a biogenic feedstock pre-treatment unit, an 'ecofining' plant dedicated to transforming raw materials of biological origin into biofuel and one for the production of hydrogen from methane gas.

The design of the three plants will be completed by 2023 and construction could take place by 2025, Eni said, adding the bio-refinery would occupy an industrial site currently home to fuel and lubricant production facilities.

The project "would maximise synergies from the infrastructure already available and secure the site's future as an employment and production hub," Eni said in a statement.

Eni produces 1.1 million tonnes of biofuels per year and aims to increase the share to 2 million by 2025 and to 6 million over the next decade.

Its other two biorefineries in Italy are based in Venice and the Sicilian town of Gela.