中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网2022年10月27日报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）日前启动了一个15亿美元的可持续发展基金，该基金将投资支持“稳定和包容性的”能源转型的技术，使其成为世界上有史以来最大的以可持续发展为重点的风险投资基金之一。
这家世界上最大的石油和天然气公司在一份声明中表示：“该基金由沙特阿美风险投资公司管理，是公司努力满足世界日益增长的能源需求的延伸，同时降低温室气体排放。”
可持续发展风险投资基金最初的重点领域包括碳捕获和储存(CCS)、温室气体排放、能源效率、基于自然的气候解决方案、氢、氨、数字可持续性和合成燃料。这个基金将以全球投资为目标。
沙特阿美说，“气候变化是一个关键问题，这就是沙特阿美将可持续性很好地融入战略和投资决策的原因。沙特阿美正在利用创新和合作，寻求全球能源挑战的长期解决方案。通过推动大规模投资，建立关键的国内、地区和国际合作伙伴关系，沙特阿美的目标是实现稳定和包容性的能源转型，以更低的排放满足世界对能源的需求。”
去年，沙特阿美宣布将启动美国以外最大的页岩气开发项目。沙特阿美表示，计划在未来几年斥资1100亿美元开发贾富拉天然气田。据估计，贾富拉气田的天然气储量为200万亿立方英尺。这家沙特国有石油公司希望在2024年从贾富拉气田开始生产天然气，到2036年前达到22亿立方英尺/天的可供销售天然气，并提供4.25亿立方英尺/天的乙烷。
沙特阿美后来宣布，该公司不会冷却贾富拉气田生产的天然气并将其作为液化天然气出口，而是将其用于生产更清洁的燃料：蓝色氢气。沙特阿美表示，其近期计划是生产足够的天然气供国内使用，以停止发电厂燃烧原油，并将剩余的天然气转化为氢气。蓝色氢气是通过蒸汽甲烷重整(SMR)或自动热重整(ATR)从天然气中提取的，产生的二氧化碳被捕获并储存起来。由于温室气体被捕获，这减轻了对地球的环境影响。
李峻 编译自 油价网
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Aramco Unveils $1.5B Mega VC Fund For Sustainability
Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco has launched a $1.5 billionSustainability Fund that will invest in technology supporting a “stable and inclusive” energy transition, making this among the largest-ever sustainability-focused venture capital funds in the world.
“Managed by Aramco Ventures, the fund is an extension of the Company’s efforts to meet the world’s growing energy demand, with lower greenhouse gas emissions,” the world’s largest oil and gas company said in a statement.
The fund’s initial focus areas include carbon capture and storage(CCS), greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, nature-based climate solutions, hydrogen, ammonia, digital sustainability and synthetic fuels. The fund will target investments globally.
“Climate change is a critical issue, which is why sustainability is well-integrated in Aramco’s strategy and investment decisions. The Company is harnessing innovation and collaboration as it seeks long-term solutions to global energy challenges. By driving large-scale investments and building key domestic, regional and international partnerships, Aramco aims to enable a stable and inclusive energy transition that meets the world’s need for energy with lower emissions,’’Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan, Aramco Chairman, said.
Last year, Saudi Aramco announced that it was kicking off the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States. Saudi Aramco said it plans to spend $110 billion over the next couple of years to develop the Jafurah gas field, which is estimated to hold 200 trillion cubic feet of gas. The state-owned company hopes to start natural gas production from Jafurah in 2024 and reach 2.2 Bcf/d of sales gas by 2036 with an associated 425 million cubic feet per day of ethane.
Aramco later announced that instead of chilling that gas and exporting it as LNG, it will instead use it to make much cleaner fuel: Blue hydrogen. The company said that its immediate plan was to produce enough natural gas for domestic use to stop burning oil in its power plants and convert the remainder into hydrogen. Blue hydrogen is made from natural gas either by Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) or Auto Thermal Reforming (ATR) with the CO2 generated captured and then stored. As the greenhouse gasses are captured, this mitigates the environmental impacts on the planet.
