據烴加工新聞7月22日消息稱，以色列最大的煉油和石化集團——石油精煉公司計劃投資15億美元成為一家清潔能源公司，因為該公司面臨著政府推動關閉更多污染工廠的壓力。

　　以色列提議關閉沿海城市海法的一個主要工業區，衛生官員稱該工業區多年來一直是危險的，并將其改造成一個生態友好的商業和居住中心。

　　反過來，該國將更加依賴進口。尚未作出最終決定。

　　控制著國內燃料市場約三分之二的海法石油精煉公司反對此舉。但該公司新的 10 年計劃似乎更符合政府的愿景。

　　在提交給投資者和分析師的計劃中，石油精煉公司表示將專注于綠色氫和替代燃料用于交通工具、先進的可回收和生物降解聚合物，以及生物聚合物。

　　它表示，至少將投資 4 億美元用于“新增長引擎”，其余用于“改進和調整現有資產，吸收先進技術以創造和減少碳足跡”。

　　海法是以色列的第三大城市和重要的海港，從海岸線延伸到地中海東部，在過去的一個世紀里已經發展成為貿易和工業的十字路口。

　　朱佳妮 摘譯自 烴加工新聞

　　原文如下：

　　Refining and petrochemicals group shifts to cleaner energy

　　Israel’s largest refining and petrochemicals group, Oil Refineries plans to invest $1.5 billion to become a cleaner energy company as it faces a government push to shut down more polluting factories.

　　Israel has proposed shutting a major industrial zone in the coastal city of Haifa that health officials say has been hazardous for years and turning it into an eco-friendly commercial and residential hub.

　　The country would in turn rely more heavily on imports. No final decision has been made.

　　Haifa-based Oil Refineries, which controls about two-thirds of the domestic fuel market, has opposed the move. But the company's new 10-year plan seems to bring it more in line with the government's vision.

　　In the plan presented to investors and analysts, Oil Refineries said it will focus on green hydrogen and alternative fuels for transportation, advanced polymers that are recycled and biodegradable, and biopolymers.

　　At least $400 million will be invested in "new growth engines" and the rest is for "improving and adapting existing assets, assimilating advanced technologies to create and reducing the carbon footprint," it said.

　　Haifa, Israel’s third largest city and a key seaport, juts off the coastline into the eastern Mediterranean and has grown over the past century into a crossroads for trade and industry.