据管道&天然气杂志网10月20日路透社报道，据《华尔街日报》周三报道，埃克森美孚董事会正在讨论是否继续几个大型油气项目。目前，全球投资者都在推动化石燃料公司更加注重成本和绿色能源。
据《华尔街日报》援引知情人士的话称，董事会成员对一些项目表示担忧，包括在莫桑比克耗资300亿美元的液化天然气开发项目和在越南耗资数十亿美元的另一个天然气项目。
埃克森美孚并未立即回应路透的置评请求。
莫桑比克和越南的项目因当地冲突、含硫天然气和高成本而长期停滞。对这些项目还没有做出最终投资决定。
据《华尔街日报》报道，有关项目的谈判是埃克森美孚五年支出计划审查的一部分，董事会将于本月底对该计划进行投票。
据报告称，埃克森美孚还正在分析每个项目的预期碳排放量，以及它们将如何影响其履行减排承诺的能力。
据《华尔街日报》审查的埃克森美孚疫情前内部分析，莫桑比克和越南项目的年度预计排放量是埃克森美孚计划的油气管道项目中最高的。
《华尔街日报》补充称，埃克森美孚还计划在未来几周内宣布，将对2月份宣布的低碳部门的投资增加数十亿美元。
埃克森美孚今年2月曾表示，将在2025年前投资30亿美元成立一个新部门，将其碳捕获和存储、氢、生物燃料和其他技术商业化。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
Exxon Board Debates Dropping Several Major Oil and Gas Projects
Exxon Mobil Corp. board is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects amid a global push from investors for fossil fuel companies to be more cost-conscious and green-energy friendly, WSJ reported align="justify"> The board members expressed concerns about some projects, including a $30 billion LNG development in Mozambique and another multibillion-dollar gas project in Vietnam, the WSJ report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Exxon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The Mozambique and Vietnam projects have been stalled for long periods over local fights as well as sour gas and high costs. No final investment decisions have been taken align="justify"> The talks align="justify"> Exxon is also analyzing the expected carbon emissions from each project and how they would affect its ability to meet pledges to reduce emissions, the report said.
The annual projected emissions from the Mozambique and Vietnam projects were among the highest in Exxon's planned pipeline of oil and gas projects, according to a pre-pandemic internal analysis by Exxon, which was reviewed by WSJ.
Exxon is also planning to declare in coming weeks that it will raise its investment in a low-carbon unit it announced in February by billions of dollars, the Journal added.
Exxon had in February said it would invest $3 billion through 2025 in a new division that would commercialize its carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, biofuels and other technologies.
