据美国油价网2022年8月19日报道，英国壳牌公司8月18日表示，由于莱茵河水位太低，导致货物运输中断，壳牌公司大幅削减了其在壳牌能源和莱茵兰化工园燃料制造设施炼油厂的原油加工量。
壳牌公司在发给路透社的一份电子邮件声明中表示：“由于莱茵河水位太低，壳牌公司已经大幅减少了德国最大炼油厂的产能。供应形势具有挑战性，但要谨慎管理。”
去年11月，壳牌公司宣布计划从2025年开始，将德国韦塞林的炼油厂从原油转向低碳或零碳产品，这符合其到2050年前实现净零排放的目标。
壳牌公司没有透露该炼油厂的产能被削减了多少。这个炼油厂每天能够加工34.5万桶原油。
欧洲莱茵河的低水位造成的灾难已经持续了一个多星期，驳船运输的关键航道可能会切断煤炭和石油产品以及相关供应。
莱茵河从瑞士向西北流经德国、法国和荷兰，注入北海，是欧洲主要的石油产品运输航道。由于今年夏天欧洲的热浪和干旱，河流的水位很低，现在已经变得太浅，以至于许多运送石油产品的驳船无法通过。驳船没有满载，以减轻它们在水面上的重量，这提高了运输成本，推迟了煤炭和燃料的运输，影响了德国在热浪期间的发电。
8月18日，莱茵河靠近科布伦茨的考布阻塞点的水位仅为34厘米，远低于满载船只所要求的1.5米水深。
李峻 编译自 美国油价网
原文如下：
Shell Slashes Refinery Output In EU As Drought Disrupts Transportation
Shell slashed its refinery output at its Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland fuel-making facility as low Rhine River levels halted the flow of goods, Shell said on Thursday.
"Due to the low Rhine water level we have reduced the capacity of Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland. The situation regarding supply is challenging but carefully managed," Shell said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
In November, Shell announced its plan to shift the refinery in Wesseling in Germany away from crude oil in favor of low or zero-carbon products starting in 2025, in line with its goal to have net zero emissions by 2050.
Shell did not reveal how much of the refinery’s capacity had been cut. It is capable of processing 345,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
The catastrophe from low water levels in Europe’s Rhine River has been brewing for more than a week as the key waterway for barge transportation threatened to choke off the flow of coal and petroleum products—and associated supplies.
The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlands into the North Sea, is a major petroleum product transportation corridor in Europe. Due to heat waves and drought this summer in Europe, the levels on the river are low and have now become too shallow for many barges shipping petroleum products to pass. Barges are not being fully loaded to keep them lighter on the water, which lifts shipping costs and delays shipments of coal and fuels, affecting power generation in Germany during the heat wave.
The water level at the Kaub chokepoint near Koblenz was at just 34 centimeters on Thursday—well below the 1.5 meters required by vessels with full loads.
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