关键词: 低碳经济, 炼油工业, 挑战, 发展

Abstract: The progress made in China’s refining industry over the past six decades is briefly reviewed and the current status is introduced. New challenges for this industry in the era of low carbon economy are evaluated, and recommendations for further growth are provided. To name a few, utilizing heavier and lower quality crudes, producing cleaner fuels and products at lower energy cost and lower emission, competing with fuel products from alternative source are the main challenges for today’s refining industry. To respond, the following recommendations are presented: 1) processing schemes of existing refineries should be upgraded to accommodate new changes; 2) integration of refining and chemical production should be upheld to improve the utilization of resource; 3) investment to technology innovation should be intensified to provide a solid support for sustainable growth in low carbon emission era; 4) providing clean and high quality fuel products for customers; 5) deployment and development of advanced technology for reducing emission and energy consumption should be encouraged; 6) development and application of information integration in refining and management should be enhanced; 7) conversion processes for alternative fuel should be incorporated into refinery to optimize the utilization of diversified resources and to produce diversified products.

Key words: low carbon economy, refining industry, challenge, development