从2017年1月1日开始,包括瓦莱罗能源公司和马拉松石油公司等美国炼油商将面临更严格的汽油新标准。这将进一步威胁到已陷入困境的美国炼油业。在过去一年中,美国炼油业遭遇了自5年前美国页岩繁荣时代开启以来赢利最少的一年。为减少机动车排放对于空气质量和公众健康的影响,从2017年1月1日开始,美国启动更加严苛的机动车排放标准,以及更低的汽油硫含量标准Tier3(第三阶段)。新的标准要求 Starting January 1, 2017, US refiners, including Valero Energy and Marathon Oil, will face new stricter gasoline standards. This will further threaten the already troubled U.S. oil refining industry. In the past year, the U.S. refinery industry has suffered the least profit for the year since the shale boom in the United States started five years ago. To reduce the impact of vehicle emissions on air quality and public health, the United States will begin to impose tougher vehicle emission standards starting January 1, 2017, and a lower gasoline sulfur content standard Tier3 (Phase III). New standard requirement