据全球石油网8月18日消息称，泰国PTT公司的销售额约占泰国经济产值的 10%，该公司突然向电动汽车和可再生能源公司投入了数十亿美元。
PTT宣布自5月以来投资100亿美元建立电动汽车业务，并在欧洲收购石化资产和亚洲的可再生能源项目。
PTT 公司战略高级执行副总裁 Arawadee Photisaro 表示：“公司必须转变其战略和愿景，以提高环境意识，实现可持续增长。气候变化将迫使更紧迫的政策和措施减少温室气体排放，这将损害对化石燃料的需求。” 20世纪70年代，泰国国家控股的PTT公司肩负着应对全球石油短缺的重任，在过去几十年里一直是泰国最大的公司。现在，它正在印度和越南追逐可再生能源资产，在欧洲追逐发电。今年5月的报道称，PTT与泰国电动车公司达成了高达20亿美元的合作协议，这是PTT在该行业的首笔重大投资。
彭博汇编的数据显示，这是下游企业首次进行大规模海外收购，2021年迄今为止的收购总额已经超过了该集团一年内的国际收购记录。Arawadee说，无论是在泰国还是国外，都有更多“未来和清洁能源”领域的收购，包括可再生能源、能源存储、电力交易和电动汽车。
曹海斌 摘译自 全球石油网
原文如下：
Thailand: PTT Goes Green
PTT Plc, whose sales account for about 10% of Thailands economic output, is suddenly spending billions of dollars align="justify"> PTT announced investments of $10 billion since May to build an EV business and snap up petrochemical assets in Europe and renewable-energy projects in Asia.
“The company must transform its strategy and vision for sustainable growth with an increased environmental awareness,” said Arawadee Photisaro, PTT’s senior executive vice president for corporate strategy. “Climate change will force more urgent policies and measures for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which will hurt demand for fossil fuels.” Tasked with tackling the global oil shortage in the 1970s, state-controlled PTT reigned as Thailand’s biggest company for decades. Now, it’s chasing renewable-energy assets in India and Vietnam and electricity generation in Europe. Reports in May stated deal up to $2 billion for a Thai EV partnership, PTT’s first major investment in the industry.
It’s the first time the downstream businesses have made major acquisitions overseas and the total so far in 2021 already exceeds the group’s record for international purchases in a year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. More acquisitions in “future and clean energy” are coming, both in Thailand and abroad, including in renewables, energy storage, power trading and EVs, Ms Arawadee said.