據天然氣新聞2020年9月7日倫敦報道，高級行業官員9月7日表示，全球石油和天然氣巨頭正致力于幫助推動能源轉型，特別是天然氣在幫助實現氣候變化目標方面發揮關鍵作用。

法國道達爾公司和美國埃克森美孚公司的高管在天然氣技術（Gastech）虛擬峰會上表示，國際石油公司的雄厚財力和先進技術將有助于開發新的清潔能源項目，并確保未來的天然氣供應。

道達爾公司在更多關注清潔能源方面一直是歐洲的領先者之一。道達爾公司負責天然氣的高級副總裁勞倫特·維維耶說，“國際石油公司正在越來越多地將可再生能源納入他們的業務，石油巨頭擁有一些特定的優勢，可以用來幫助推動能源轉型。”

維維耶說：“(總的來說)我們有資本實力，有穩健的資產負債表，這使我們能夠降低成本，這對產品具有競爭力很重要。”

維維耶表示，“道達爾公司在風險管理方面也有經驗，可以在開發海上風能等新的可再生能源項目時充分利用這些經驗。”

埃克森美孚公司負責國際天然氣業務的副總裁亞歷克斯?沃爾科夫在發言中同意國際石油公司有很多可做的事情，他也提到了國際石油公司具有強大的資產負債表和技術能力。

沃爾科夫說：“能源轉型不是100%的風能和太陽能——這是一個極其復雜的問題和過程。”

他指出，在貨車運輸、海上運輸和航空旅行等領域，風能和太陽能無法提供解決方案，而先進的生物燃料可以發揮作用。

李峻 編譯自 天然氣新聞

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IOCs committed to helping drive energy transition; gas has key role

Oil and gas majors are committed to helping drive the energy transition, with gas in particular set to play a critical role in helping to meet climate change goals, senior industry officials said Sept. 7.

Speaking at the Gastech Virtual Summit, executives from France's Total and the US' ExxonMobil said the financial strength and technological capabilities of IOCs would help in both developing new clean energy projects and ensuring future gas supply.

Total has been one of the front-runners in Europe in terms of focusing more on cleaner energies.

The company's senior vice president for gas, Laurent Vivier, said IOCs are increasingly incorporating renewables in their activities, and that majors had a number of certain advantages that can be used to help drive the energy transition.

"[At Total] we have a capital might, a solid balance sheet, which allows us to lower the cost, which is important for products to be competitive," Vivier said.

Vivier said Total also had experience in managing risk, which it can put to good use in the development of new renewable projects such as offshore wind.

ExxonMobil's Vice President, International Gas, Alex Volkov, agreed that IOCs have a lot to offer, also citing their strong balance sheets and technical capabilities.

"The energy transition is not 100% wind and solar -- it is a complex problem and process," he said.

He pointed to areas such as trucking, marine transport and air travel where wind and solar cannot provide solutions, with advanced biofuels able to play a role instead.