? 据彭博社3月27日消息，IHS公司研究人员表示，未来十年陶氏化学和其他美国化企将把化学品产能提高30%，因为这些企业正投资大量的资金用于扩能，以受益于低成本的页岩气资源。

　　在休斯敦召开的IHS全球石化大会上，IHS公司高级经理Russell Heinen表示，2024年前这些美国化企将新增1.05亿吨/年的化工产能，主要将发生在美国海湾沿岸，以乙烯和甲醇装置为主。2017年美国化工新增产能将达到峰值，当年将新增2300万吨/年的产能。

　　在过去的十年间，美国天然气价格已经下降了一半，这种优势正在刺激化工生产商们将天然气液体（如乙烷）转化成为化学品，其生产成本低于全球其他地区。陶氏化学正投资约40亿美元扩大德州和路易斯安那州的化工产能。

??????????? 庞晓华摘译自彭博社????????

??????????? 原文如下：

??????????? US chemical sector eyes 30% growth over decade

??????????? 03.27.2014 |

??????????? By JACK KASKEY

??????????? Bloomberg

??????????? Dow Chemical and other US chemical makers will boost output capacity

??????????? 30% in a decade as they invest billions of dollars in factories to

??????????? take advantage of low-cost shale gas, researcher IHS said.

??????????? The producers are adding 105 million metric tons of capacity by

??????????? 2024, led by ethylene and methanol units on the Gulf Coast, Russell

??????????? Heinen, a senior director at the firm, said in his presentation at

??????????? the IHS World Petrochemical Conference in Houston. Growth will peak

??????????? in 2017 with the addition of 23 million tons of capacity.

??????????? Gas prices that have dropped by half in a decade in the US are

??????????? allowing producers to process liquids such as ethane into chemicals

??????????? at a lower cost than other regions of the world. Dow is spending

??????????? about $4 billion to expand output in Texas and Louisiana.

?(转自中国石化新闻网)