中国石化新闻网讯 据钻机地带2月3日报道，壳牌公司首席执行官Wael Sawan表示，由于全球对天然气的需求没有放缓迹象，壳牌公司的天然气业务在2022年实现创纪录的利润后仍将继续增长。
多年来，人们一直在质疑油气生产商如何在为股东带来丰厚回报的同时，还能减少碳排放。如今，壳牌(Shell)的新老板对地缘政治冲突如何重塑全球市场和壳牌的机遇给出了初步见解。
Sawan周四在接受彭博电视台采访时表示，我们的天然气业务在这个目前急需天然气的世界里继续增长，我认为在未来很长一段时间内都是如此。天然气在向低碳能源过渡过程中发挥着关键作用。
去年，壳牌的液化天然气业务蓬勃发展，因为欧洲被迫迅速放弃从产能大国获取供应燃料。Sawan表示，“公司在2022年向欧洲和英国运送了194批液化天然气货物，大约是正常年份的5倍。天然气绝对至关重要，在未来很长一段时间内，我们的一个重点领域将是继续确保我们降低整个价值链来自天然气的排放。”
Sawan称，没有迹象表明，去年帮助该公司实现丰厚利润的能源市场紧张局面会缓解。在重组能源流向以弥补供应的长期损失方面，仍有大量工作要做。
郝芬 译自 钻机地带
原文如下：
Shell CEO Says World 'Desperately In Need' Of Natural Gas
Shell Plc’s natural gas business can continue to grow after making record profits in 2022, as the global thirst for the fuel shows no signs of slowing, said Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan.
After years of questions over how oil and gas producers can deliver strong returns to shareholders while also cutting carbon emissions, Shell’s new boss gave an early insight into how he sees the war reshaping both global markets and the opportunities for his company.
“Our natural gas business continues to grow in a world that is desperately in need of natural gas at the moment, and I think for a long time to come,” Sawan said in an interview with Bloomberg TV>Last year, Shell’s liquefied natural gas business boomed as Europe was forced to quickly pivot away from piped supplies of the fuel. Sawan said the company delivered 194 LNG cargoes to Europe and the UK in 2022, roughly five times what they would do in a typical year.
“Gas has been absolutely critical,” Sawan said. “For a long time to come, a key focus area for us will be to continue to make sure that we lower the emissions from gas across the value chain.”
There’s no sign that the tight energy market that helped deliver bumper profits for the company last year will ease, Sawan said.
There’s still a lot of work to do to reorganize energy flows to make up for the long-term loss in supplies.
