據能源世界網7月16日倫敦報道，隨著對石油行業氣候態勢的壓力越來越大，包括沙特石油公司(saudi aramco)、和埃克森美孚(exxon mobil)在內的一批世界頂級石油公司首次設定了削減溫室氣體排放總量的目標。

    然而，由油氣氣候倡議（OGCI）的12個成員設定的目標被包括荷蘭皇家殼牌，BP和道達爾在內的歐洲財團單獨設定的更雄心勃勃的計劃所掩蓋。

    該OGCI組織在一份聲明中表示，OGCI成員同意到2025年將其上游石油和天然氣綜合作業的平均碳強度從2017年的23公斤CO2E/BOE的集體基線降低到每桶石油當量(CO2E/BOE)20—21公斤的CO2當量。

    強度目標意味著絕對排放會隨著產量的增加而增加。

    包括BP，雪佛龍，埃尼，Equinor，埃克森美孚，西方石油，巴西國家石油公司，雷普索爾，沙特阿美，殼牌和道達爾的OGCI油氣產量占世界油氣產量的30％以上。

    OGCI董事長兼前BP首席執行官鮑勃·杜德利（Bob Dudley）告訴路透社稱，這是一個重要的里程碑，不是工作的終點，而是一個近期目標……我們將繼續進行校準。

    杜德利補充道，議員商定了一種常規方法來計算碳強度，目標將延伸到其他行業，如液化天然氣和未來的煉油。

    該公告標志著美國最大的石油公司埃克森美孚的重要變化，該公司抵制了投資者的壓力，要求其改善對環境影響的披露。該公司沒有報告2019年的碳排放量。

    一位發言人表示，埃克森美孚支持OGCI的目標，以降低能源生產的碳強度，并“是該行業努力采取實際、有意義的步驟減少排放的一部分。

    不同公司設定的目標在范圍和定義上可能相差很大，因此很難進行比較。

    但是，OGCI的某些成員已經超出或計劃超越共同目標。

    例如，根據全球最大的石油出口國沙特阿美年度報告，其在2019年的上游碳強度為10.1kg CO2e / boe。

    挪威的Equinor計劃到2025年將其二氧化碳排放強度降低至8kg / boe以下。該公司表示，目前全球行業平均水平為18kg CO2e / boe。

    OGCI表示，該組織的集體碳強度將每年進行報告，并由安永作為獨立第三方審查數據。

    該目標包括減少甲烷排放量，這是該組織此前承諾削減的有效溫室氣體。

    郝芬 譯自 能源世界網

    原文如下:

    Oil giants including Exxon set first joint carbon target

    A group of the world's top oil companies including Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil have for the first time set targets to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of production, as pressure on the sector's climate stance grows.

    However, the target set by the 12 members of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) is eclipsed by more ambitious plans set individually by the consortium's European members, including Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total.

    The OGCI members agreed to reduce the average carbon intensity of their aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to between 20 kg and 21 kg of CO2 equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent (CO2e/boe) by 2025, from a collective baseline of 23 kg CO2e/boe in 2017, the OGCI said in a statement.

    Intensity targets mean absolute emissions can rise with increasing production.

    The OGCI includes BP, Chevron, Eni, Equinor, Exxon, Occidental Petroleum, Petrobras, Repsol, Saudi Aramco, Shell and Total, which together account for over 30% of the world's oil and gas production.

    "It is a significant milestone, it is not the end of the work, it is a near term target ... and we'll keep calibrating as we go forward," OGCI Chairman and former BP CEO Bob Dudley told Reuters.

    The members agreed on a common methodology to calculate carbon intensity and the targets could be extended to other sectors such as liquefied natural gas and refining in the future, Dudley added.

    The announcement marks an important change for Exxon, the largest U.S. oil company, which has resisted investor pressure to improve the disclosure of its impact on the environment. It did not report its carbon emissions in 2019.

    Exxon supports the OGCI targets to decrease the carbon intensity of energy production and is "part of the industry's efforts to take practical, meaningful steps to reduce emissions," a spokesman said.

    The targets set by different companies can vary widely in scope and definition, making it difficult to compare.

    However, some members of the OGCI already exceed or plan to overshoot the joint target.

    For example, Saudi Aramco, the world's top oil exporter, had an upstream carbon intensity of 10.1kg CO2e/boe in 2019, according to its annual report.

    Norway's Equinor aims to reduce its CO2 intensity below 8kg/boe by 2025. It has said the current global industry average is 18 kg CO2e/boe.

    OGCI said the group's collective carbon intensity would be reported annually, with data reviewed by EY, as an independent third party.

    The target includes reductions in methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, which the group had previously committed to cut.