埃尼集團承諾未來10年將在非洲植樹造林以抵消自身業務碳排放

據World Oil網羅馬3月15日消息 埃尼集團承諾，將在未來10年結束前，通過大規模植樹造林，消除石油和天然氣勘探生產過程中的所有二氧化碳排放。

 

該意大利巨頭的計劃包括在非洲種植2000萬英畝森林，這是大型石油公司迫于壓力采取更多措施防止氣候變化失控的最新例證。歐洲同行道達爾公司和荷蘭皇家殼牌公司也設定了目標，以減少自身業務的碳排放。

 

“我們的目標是到2030年實現上游業務的零排放，”首席執行官Claudio Descalzi在周五的公司戰略更新中表示。“我們將通過提高效率來實現這一點，以最大限度地減少上游二氧化碳的直接排放，并通過大型林業項目抵消上游的剩余排放。”

 

埃尼集團表示，到2030年南非、津巴布韋、莫桑比克和加納的森林每年將從大氣中減少約2000萬噸二氧化碳。這將抵消該公司上游業務的剩余排放，該公司還計劃通過提高運營效率和減少浪費來減少上游業務。在未來四年，埃尼集團將在諸如此類的“循環經濟”計劃上投入約10億歐元(合11億美元)。

 

除了森林，埃尼集團還一直在投資，將其在意大利的兩家原油煉油廠——吉拉和威尼斯——改造為使用植物油。該公司表示，威尼斯是世界上第一個從加工傳統化石燃料轉變為生物燃料的煉油廠。

 

吳慧丹 摘譯自 World Oil

 

原文如下：

 

Eni will plant forests to eliminate CO2 from its oil operations

 

Eni SpA committed to eliminating all carbon dioxide emissions from its oil and gas exploration and production operations by the end of the next decade, in part by planting forests on a large scale.

 

The Italian giant’s plan, which entails planting 20 million acres of forest in Africa, is the latest example of major oil companies bowing to pressure to do more to prevent runaway climate change. Its European peers Total SA and Royal Dutch Shell Plc have also set targets to reduce the carbon emitted from their own operations.

 

“Our objective is to achieve net zero emissions in our upstream business by 2030,” CEO Claudio Descalzi said in the company’s stra?6?7tegy update on Friday. “We will accomplish this by increased efficiency to minimize direct upstream CO2emissions and offsetting residual upstream emissions through large forestry projects.”

 

The forests planted in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Ghana should be removing about 20 million tons a year of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2030, Eni said. That would offset residual emissions from the company’s upstream business, which it also plans to reduce through greater operational efficiency and minimizing waste. Eni will spend about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on “circular economy” initiatives such as these over the next four years.

 

Beyond forests, Eni has been investing in converting two of its crude oil refineries in Italy -- Gela and Venice -- to instead use vegetable oils. Venice is the first refinery in the world converted from processing traditional fossil fuels to biofuels, the company said.