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<p>埃克森美孚周二宣布，其位于苏格兰的 Fife 乙烯工厂（FEP）将于 2026 年 2 月关闭，原因是高供应成本、疲软的市场条件以及英国经济和政策环境的挑战。</p>
<p>欧洲化工生产商是欧盟第四大出口行业，仅次于机械、汽车和制药，正面临一系列严重挑战，这些挑战正在深刻重塑该行业的格局。</p>
<p>这种困境的主要来源是能源成本的急剧上涨，这是俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰的直接后果。</p>
<h2>供应危机</h2>
<p>这场冲突引发了重大供应危机，使天然气和电力价格飙升，远远超过北美和中东等地区的竞争对手，那里的能源原料丰富且价格更低。</p>
<p>加剧这一外部能源冲击的是欧洲化工行业普遍存在的老化基础设施负担。</p>
<p>数十年来对现代化和产能升级的投资不足，使许多生产设施的能源效率较低，并且相比于更新的全球工厂更容易出现运营中断。</p>
<p>这种高昂的运营成本和结构性缺陷的结合，正在系统性地侵蚀欧洲化工制造商在全球市场的竞争力。</p>
<p>欧洲的化工行业越来越依赖进口原料，如乙烯和丙烯，因为高昂的天然气成本使得通过裂解进行本地生产变得不经济。</p>
<p>这种转变威胁到供应安全、专业知识和工业能力。欧盟和行业需要战略投资、能源改革和创新来应对这一趋势。</p>
<h2>影响</h2>
<p>如美国石油巨头在声明中所述，此次关闭将影响 179 名埃克森员工和约 250 名承包商。</p>
<p>然而，50 名员工将被提供转移到 Fawley 石化综合体的选项。</p>
<p>埃克森表示，它已探索多种维持生产的方式，并评估了市场对潜在买家的兴趣，该乙烯工厂位于 Fife 的 Cowdenbeath 附近。</p>
<p>“FEP 在英国化工生产中已占据了 40 年的重要地位，其关闭反映了在加速退出重要行业、国内制造业及其提供的高价值就业机会的政策环境中运营的挑战，” 该公司在路透社的报道中被引用说。</p>
<p>该设施的关闭是欧洲炼油行业更广泛趋势的症状，该行业正经历持续的产能下降。</p>
<p>整个欧洲的石油公司越来越倾向于关闭老旧、效率低下的炼油厂，或将其转型为生物燃料加工场所。</p>
<p>这一战略转变受到更严格的环境法规、对传统燃料的国内需求下降（随着电动车的转型加速）以及来自更新、更大规模全球炼油厂的激烈竞争的驱动。</p>
<p>欧洲炼油能力的收缩可能影响区域燃料供应安全，并增加对进口精炼产品的依赖。</p>
<p>7 月，能源部长迈克尔·香克斯宣布，苏格兰唯一的炼油厂 Grangemouth 已于 4 月停止原油加工。</p>
<p>他还确认，英国破产的 Lindsey 炼油厂将关闭，因为未能找到买家。</p>
<p>该文章最初发表于 Invezz，标题为 “埃克森美孚宣布关闭苏格兰化工厂，原因是高成本和挑战性的英国政策”。</p>

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<p>埃克森美孚将在 2026 年 2 月之前关闭其位于苏格兰的费夫乙烯工厂，原因是供应成本高、市场条件疲软以及英国政策的挑战。此次关闭将影响 179 名员工和 250 名承包商，其中 50 名员工被提供调岗机会。这反映了欧洲化工行业面临的更广泛挑战，包括高能源成本和老化基础设施，这些问题因地缘政治紧张局势和监管压力而加剧。欧洲关闭老旧炼油厂的趋势仍在继续，影响了地区燃料供应安全</p>

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<p>Exxon Mobil announced Tuesday that its Fife ethylene plant (FEP) in Scotland will shut down in February 2026, citing a combination of high supply costs, weak market conditions, and the challenging UK economic and policy environment as reasons for the closure.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>埃克森美孚周二宣布，其位于苏格兰的 Fife 乙烯工厂（FEP）将于 2026 年 2 月关闭，原因是高供应成本、疲软的市场条件以及英国经济和政策环境的挑战。</p>
</div><p>European chemicals producers, which constitute the European Union’s fourth-largest exporting sector, trailing only machinery, automotive, and pharmaceuticals, are facing a confluence of severe challenges that are profoundly reshaping the industry’s landscape.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>欧洲化工生产商是欧盟第四大出口行业，仅次于机械、汽车和制药，正面临一系列严重挑战，这些挑战正在深刻重塑该行业的格局。</p>
</div><p>A primary source of this distress stems from the dramatic surge in energy costs, a direct consequence of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这种困境的主要来源是能源成本的急剧上涨，这是俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰的直接后果。</p>
</div><h2>Supply crisis</h2>
<div class="lb-trans"><h2>供应危机</h2>
</div><p>This conflict triggered a major supply crisis, sending natural gas and electricity prices spiraling far beyond those faced by competitors in regions like North America and the Middle East, where energy feedstocks are abundant and cheaper.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这场冲突引发了重大供应危机，使天然气和电力价格飙升，远远超过北美和中东等地区的竞争对手，那里的能源原料丰富且价格更低。</p>
</div><p>Compounding this external energy shock is the burden of aging infrastructure across much of the European chemical complex.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>加剧这一外部能源冲击的是欧洲化工行业普遍存在的老化基础设施负担。</p>
</div><p>Decades of underinvestment in modernisation and capacity upgrades have left many production facilities less energy-efficient and more prone to operational disruptions compared to newer global plants.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>数十年来对现代化和产能升级的投资不足，使许多生产设施的能源效率较低，并且相比于更新的全球工厂更容易出现运营中断。</p>
</div><p>This combination of cripplingly high operational costs and structural deficiencies is systematically eroding the competitiveness of European chemical manufacturers in the global market.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这种高昂的运营成本和结构性缺陷的结合，正在系统性地侵蚀欧洲化工制造商在全球市场的竞争力。</p>
</div><p>Europe’s chemical industry increasingly relies on imported feedstocks, such as ethylene and propylene, as high natural gas costs make local production via cracking uneconomical.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>欧洲的化工行业越来越依赖进口原料，如乙烯和丙烯，因为高昂的天然气成本使得通过裂解进行本地生产变得不经济。</p>
</div><p>This shift threatens supply security, expertise, and industrial capacity. The EU and the industry need strategic investment, energy reform, and innovation to counter this trend.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这种转变威胁到供应安全、专业知识和工业能力。欧盟和行业需要战略投资、能源改革和创新来应对这一趋势。</p>
</div><h2>Impact</h2>
<div class="lb-trans"><h2>影响</h2>
</div><p>The closure, as announced by the US oil major in a statement, will affect 179 Exxon employees and approximately 250 contractors.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>如美国石油巨头在声明中所述，此次关闭将影响 179 名埃克森员工和约 250 名承包商。</p>
</div><p>However, 50 of the employees will be given the option to transfer to the Fawley Petrochemical Complex.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，50 名员工将被提供转移到 Fawley 石化综合体的选项。</p>
</div><p>Exxon stated it had explored several ways to maintain production and gauged market interest for a prospective buyer of the ethylene plant, which is located near Cowdenbeath in Fife.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>埃克森表示，它已探索多种维持生产的方式，并评估了市场对潜在买家的兴趣，该乙烯工厂位于 Fife 的 Cowdenbeath 附近。</p>
</div><p>“FEP has been a cornerstone of chemical production in the UK for 40 years, and its closure reflects the challenges of operating in a policy environment that is accelerating the exit of vital industries, domestic manufacturing, and the high-value jobs they provide,” the company was quoted in a Reuters report as saying.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“FEP 在英国化工生产中已占据了 40 年的重要地位，其关闭反映了在加速退出重要行业、国内制造业及其提供的高价值就业机会的政策环境中运营的挑战，” 该公司在路透社的报道中被引用说。</p>
</div><p>The shutdown of this facility is symptomatic of a wider trend in Europe’s refining sector, which is experiencing a sustained decline in capacity.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该设施的关闭是欧洲炼油行业更广泛趋势的症状，该行业正经历持续的产能下降。</p>
</div><p>Oil companies across the continent are increasingly choosing to close down older, less efficient refineries or convert them into biofuel processing sites.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>整个欧洲的石油公司越来越倾向于关闭老旧、效率低下的炼油厂，或将其转型为生物燃料加工场所。</p>
</div><p>This strategic shift is driven by stricter environmental regulations, decreasing domestic demand for conventional fuels as the transition to electric vehicles accelerates, and intense competition from newer, larger global refineries.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这一战略转变受到更严格的环境法规、对传统燃料的国内需求下降（随着电动车的转型加速）以及来自更新、更大规模全球炼油厂的激烈竞争的驱动。</p>
</div><p>The resultant contraction in European refining capacity could impact regional fuel supply security and increase reliance on imported refined products.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>欧洲炼油能力的收缩可能影响区域燃料供应安全，并增加对进口精炼产品的依赖。</p>
</div><p>In July, Energy Minister Michael Shanks announced that Grangemouth, Scotland’s sole oil refinery, had ceased crude oil processing in April.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>7 月，能源部长迈克尔·香克斯宣布，苏格兰唯一的炼油厂 Grangemouth 已于 4 月停止原油加工。</p>
</div><p>He also confirmed that the UK’s insolvent Lindsey refinery would shut down, as it had failed to secure a buyer.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他还确认，英国破产的 Lindsey 炼油厂将关闭，因为未能找到买家。</p>
</div><p>The post Exxon Mobil to close Scottish chemical plant, citing high costs and challenging UK policies appeared first on Invezz</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该文章最初发表于 Invezz，标题为 “埃克森美孚宣布关闭苏格兰化工厂，原因是高成本和挑战性的英国政策”。</p>
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Exxon Mobil to close Scottish chemical plant, citing high costs and challenging UK policies

- 埃克森美孚宣布将在 2026 年 2 月关闭其位于苏格兰的 Fife 乙烯工厂。  
- 关闭原因包括高供应成本、市场疲软及英国经济政策环境严峻。  
- 此举将影响 179 名员工及约 250 名承包商，反映出欧洲化工行业面临的广泛挑战。

埃克森美孚计划关闭其苏格兰化工厂，原因是成本过高以及英国政策具有挑战性