近一半的投資者支持桑托斯為直接和間接排放設定硬性目標。BRENDAN ESPOSITO

 

桑托斯提高了其減排目標，成為澳大利亞第一家承諾到2040年取消所有直接排放的主要石油和天然氣生產商。

Santos has upped its ambitions on emissions reductions, becoming the first major Australian oil and gas producer to set a 2040 target for cancelling out all its direct emissions.

 

新目標于12月1日在桑托斯的年度投資者簡報會上公布，將范圍一和范圍二的排放凈零承諾提前了10年，這主要得益于對使用碳捕集與封存技術成果的預期。

The new targets, to be unveiled at Santos' annual investor briefing on Tuesday, bring forward the net-zero commitment for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 10 years thanks primarily to expected results from using carbon capture and storage technology.

 

桑托斯的同行，如伍德塞德石油、原始能源公司以及電力和天然氣供應商AGL能源公司都設定了2050年凈零排放目標，而一些歐洲油氣巨頭，如英國石油公司還制定了包括其客戶排放的范圍三的排放目標。

Peers Woodside Petroleum, Origin Energy and electricity and gas supplier AGL Energy all have 2050 targets for net zero emissions, while some European oil and gas majors such as BP also include targets for Scope 3 emissions, those released by their customers.

 

桑托斯的新目標還包括到2030年將二氧化碳排放量在2020年基準上減少26-30%，并與客戶合作，通過改用更清潔的燃料，到2030年將直接排放量每年減少100萬噸以上。

Santos' new targets also include a reduction in CO2 emissions of 26-30 per cent by 2030 from a 2020 baseline, and to work with customers to reduce their direct emissions by more than one million tonnes a year by 2030 through switching to cleaner fuels.

 

首席執行官Kevin Gallagher表示，桑托斯在過去三年里專注于CCS等 "階梯式變革技術"，"這讓我們在減排方面走得更快且力度更大"。

Chief executive Kevin Gallagher said Santos' focus over the last three years on "step-change technologies" such as CCS "has enabled a pathway that allows us to go further faster when it comes to emissions reduction".

 

他說，桑托斯已經在自己的業務中安裝了超過5.5兆瓦的太陽能發電和4兆瓦時的電池存儲，但 "真正改變游戲規則 "的是其在南澳大利亞北部Moomba基地的CCS項目，該項目擬定于2020年底前啟動。該項目將成為繼雪佛龍在西澳Gorgon項目之后的全球第二大項目，初始產能為每年170萬噸，耗資高達1.55億美元（2.098億元）。

He said Santos has installed over 5.5 megawatts of solar electricity and 4 MWh of battery storage at its own operations but that "the real game-changer" is its CCS project at its Moomba site in South Australia's north, due to be considered for a go-ahead by the year-end. The project would be the world's second biggest after Chevron's Gorgon project in Western Australia, with an initial capacity of 1.7 million tonnes a year, and would cost up to $US155 million ($209.8 million).

 

在做出這一承諾前，這家總部位于阿德萊德的公司在應對氣候變化問題上面臨的壓力不斷升級。在2020年4月的年會上，活動家對排放目標和游說的決議得到了股東的大力支持。

The commitment comes after an escalation on pressure on the Adelaide-based company over climate change and strong support for activist resolutions at its annual meeting in April on emissions targets and lobbying.

 

桑托斯將依靠基于自然補償、增加使用可再生能源和提高能源效率來實現其新目標，同時還在研究Moomba的氫氣項目，作為CCS企業的補充。

Santos will also rely on nature-based offsets, increased use of renewable energy and energy efficiency to achieve its new goals, It is also examining a hydrogen project at Moomba that would complement the CCS venture.

 

基于自然補償的企業包括在北領地西阿納姆地區的一個熱帶草原燃燒碳減排項目。Gallagher先生說，桑托斯對在這一領域擴張以產生更多碳信用額度的潛力感到 "興奮"，這也使當地原住民獲益。

The nature-based offset ventures include a savanna-burning carbon abatement project in West Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and Mr Gallagher said Santos was "excited" about the potential to expand in that area to generate additional carbon credits, with benefits also for indigenous communities.

 

他指出，鑒于中國、日本和韓國承諾到2050年左右實現碳中和，亞洲對液化天然氣貨物和氫氣等新型清潔燃料的需求正在增長。

He pointed to emerging demand in Asia for carbon-neutral LNG cargoes given commitments by China, Japan and South Korea to reach net zero emissions by about 2050 and for new clean fuels such as hydrogen.

 

對于桑托斯的CCS項目，分析師意見不一，瑞銀的Tom Allen認為該項目的價值被低估，而瑞士信貸的Saul Kavonic則對其價值仍持 "懷疑態度"。

Analysts are divided over Santos' CCS project, with UBS's Tom Allen regarding the merits of the project as under-appreciated, while Credit Suisse's Saul Kavonic remains "sceptical" on its value.

 

Kavonic先生表示，他還期待桑托斯在發布會上提供最終投資決定進展的消息，包括有關北部沿海的巴羅薩天然氣項目，該項目在3月油價暴跌后被擱置，以及新南威爾士州納拉布里項目。

Mr Kavonic said he also expected news from Santos at the briefing on progress towards a final investment decision on the Barossa gas project off the north coast that was put on hold after the oil price crashed in March, and on the Narrabri project in NSW.