據(jù)阿拉伯貿易網(wǎng)2023年2月16日利雅得報道，根據(jù)國際能源論壇(IEF)等發(fā)布的一份最新報告，今年全球上游石油和天然氣領域的年度投資需要增長28%，達到6400億美元，以確保全球供應充足。
報告稱，2022年全球上游石油和天然氣領域的資本支出比2021年增長39%，至4990億美元，為2014年以來的最高水平，但由于通脹侵蝕了支出，鉆井行業(yè)的資本支出仍低于疫情前的水平。
報告補充說，2022年全球在用鉆機數(shù)量增加了22%，但仍比2019年低10%。
IEF秘書長約瑟夫·麥克莫尼格爾表示：“在我們加大對可再生能源的投資并追求能源轉型的同時，我們也需要增加對石油和天然氣的投資，以支持全球經濟，保護每個人的生活質量。”
麥克莫尼格爾指出，2022年的復蘇標志著兩年來的變化，當時由于疫情導致全球能源市場緊縮、價格飆升和天然氣短缺，資本支出大幅下降。
S&P Global副董事長丹尼爾·尤金表示：“隨著可再生能源和低碳技術的擴大，全球經濟繼續(xù)需要充足且價格合理的碳氫化合物供應。”
“未來的能源必須是安全的、負擔得起的和可持續(xù)的。充分的投資，避免短缺和價格飆升，對未來能源安全至關重要。”
根據(jù)該報告，從現(xiàn)在到2030年，即使石油和天然氣需求增長放緩，也需要累計4.9萬億美元投資來滿足市場需求。
“正如我們去年所看到的，能源價格高企和波動對世界各地的家庭產生了災難性的影響，最貧窮的人受到的打擊最嚴重。石油和天然氣投資不足威脅著能源安全，并通過增加對碳密集型選項的依賴而阻礙氣候目標的進展。”麥克莫尼格爾評論道。
麥克莫尼格爾指出，如果消費國希望支撐市場，它們需要就未來需求發(fā)出明確信號，建立并維持充足的庫存，支持長期承購合同，并防止出臺禁止性政策。
與此同時，報告指出，油氣生產商可以通過促進投資來支持市場。
運營商需要一定程度的保證和財政確定性來投資資本密集型、長周期的項目。隨著風險的演變，運營商在投入資本方面將越來越受到限制，或者需要更高的回報。
報告指出，未來的供應必須明確一個可接受的目標率，該目標率要考慮到政策的不確定性、石油和天然氣價格的變化，以及越來越多的碳價格假設。
此外，政府應該根據(jù)現(xiàn)實的能源需求前景制定政策，并確保在過渡期間提供充足和負擔得起的能源供應。
李峻 編譯自 阿拉伯貿易網(wǎng)
原文如下：
$640bn investment needed in upstream oil, gas sector by 2030: Report
Annual upstream oil and gas investment needs to rise by 28% to reach $640 billion by 2030 to ensure adequate global supplies, according to a new report published by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, analysis and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets.
Capital expenditure in 2022 rose by 39% from the previous year to $499 billion, the highest level since 2014, but drilling remained below pre-pandemic levels as inflation ate away at the spending, stated the report.
The number of drilling rigs rose by 22% in 2022, but this was still 10% below 2019 levels, it added.
Joseph McMonigle, Secretary General of the IEF, said: "While we ramp up investment in renewables and pursue the energy transition, we also need to lift investment in oil and gas to support the global economy, and protect the quality of life for everyone."
The recovery in 2022 marked a change from the previous two years, when capital expenditure slumped with the Covid-19 pandemic contributing to a tightening of global energy markets, price spikes and shortages of natural gas, noted McMonigle.
"The global economy continues to need adequate and reasonably priced hydrocarbon supply alongside the scaling up of renewables and low-carbon technologies," said Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global.
"The energy future must be secure and affordable, as well as sustainable. Adequate investment that avoids shortages and prices spikes, and the economic hardship and social turbulence that they bring, is essential to that future," he added.
According to the report, cumulative $4.9 trillion will be needed from now until 2030 to meet market needs, even if the growth in oil and gas demand slows down.
"As we saw last year, high energy prices and volatility have disastrous effects on households all over the world, hitting the poorest people the hardest. Underinvestment in oil and gas threatens energy security and stalls progress on climate goals by increasing reliance on more carbon-intensive options," remarked McMonigle.
If consumer countries wish to support markets they would need to send clear signals about future demand, build and maintain sufficient inventories, support long-term offtake contracts, and prevent prohibitive policies, he noted.
Meanwhile, the report stated that producers can support markets by promoting investment.
Operators need a certain level of assurance and fiscal certainty to invest in capital-intensive, long-cycle projects. They will be increasingly constrained in committing capital, or will require higher returns to do so, as risks evolve.
Future supply must clear an acceptable hurdle rate that accounts for policy uncertainty, variable oil and gas prices, and, increasingly, carbon price assum
ptions, it stated.
Additionally, governments should base policies on realistic energy demand outlooks and to ensure adequate and affordable energy supplies during the transition, said the report.
