据油气新闻网10月18日报道，意大利能源集团埃尼(Eni)表示，该公司正在研究在其位于意大利中部利沃诺(Livorno)的工业基地建设一座生物炼油厂的可能性。

该可行性研究涉及建造三座生产氢化生物燃料的新工厂，包括一座生物原料预处理装置、一座致力于将生物原料转化为生物燃料的“生态净化”工厂以及一座用于从甲烷气体中生产氢气的工厂。

埃尼集团表示，三座工厂的设计将于2023年完成，施工可能于2025年开始。该公司补充称，生物炼油厂将占用目前燃料和润滑油生产设施的工业场地。

埃尼集团在一份声明中表示，该项目将最大限度地发挥现有基础设施的协同作用，确保该基地未来作为就业和生产中心的地位。

埃尼集团每年生产110万吨生物燃料，并计划到2025年将增至200万吨，未来十年将增至600万吨。

该公司在意大利的另外两个生物炼油厂分别位于威尼斯和西西里的格拉镇。

郝芬 译自 油气新闻网

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.