据道琼斯1月7日消息，壳牌公司周一表示，公司位于美国墨西哥湾沿岸的石化装置已经开始生产。

壳牌表示，公司位于路易斯安娜州盖斯玛化工生产基地的第四套生产阿尔法烯烃的装置已经投产，阿尔法烯烃是从机油到洗手皂等一系列产品的关键原料。

壳牌公司表示，预计盖斯玛生产基地的阿尔法烯烃的年产量将超过130万吨。

庞晓华  摘译自  道琼斯

原文如下：

Shell Starts Production at New Petrochemicals Unit on US Gulf Coast.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Monday that it has started production at its petrochemicals unit on the U.S. Gulf Coast. 

The Anglo-Dutch oil company said its Shell Chemical LP business is the fourth unit to produce alpha olefins--key ingredients in products ranging from motor oils to hand soaps--at its Geismar chemicals manufacturing site, in Louisiana. 

Total production of alpha olefins at the Geismar site is forecast to be more than 1.3 million metric tons a year, Shell said.