據5月11日Hart Energy報道，英國石油公司5月10日表示，在美國最大的石油和天然氣貿易游說團體解決了與英國能源公司在氣候變化問題上的一些分歧后，該公司仍將是美國石油協會(API)的成員。

　　BP計劃在未來10年大幅削減石油產量，并提高可再生能源產能。該公司在一份報告中表示，盡管“進展不平衡”，但API“正朝著正確的方向前進”。

　　API面臨著來自成員公司和活動組織的越來越大的壓力，要求其改變與氣候變化和鉆井法規有關的政策。隨著美國越來越關注氣候問題，該貿易組織開始改變一些立場。今年3月，它表示支持將碳價格作為緩解氣候變化風險的措施之一。

　　BP表示，API支持聯邦政府制定限制甲烷排放的規定，并支持碳定價和提高透明度，這讓它受到了“鼓舞”。要知道，甲烷是一種強有力的溫室氣體。

　　BP在報告中表示:“API的進展有時并不均衡，但總體而言，該組織在過去一年取得了相當大的進展，正朝著正確的方向前進。作為會員，我們將繼續努力，影響API對氣候的影響，以及其他與我們在美國業務相關的領域。”

　　總部位于倫敦的英國石油公司在首席執行官Bernard Looney的領導下，于2020年退出了美國主要的煉油游說團體和其他兩個貿易團體，但仍堅持保留API，盡管該公司稱API僅與自己的政策規劃保持部分的一致。

　　BP明年將發布一份關于API和其他協會成員的全面審查報告。

　　1月，法國道達爾公司(Total SA)成為首家退出API的大型全球能源公司，原因是該公司在氣候政策上存在分歧，并支持放松鉆井規則，該公司表示不會續簽2021年的成員資格。

　　道達爾的立場給其它歐洲石油巨頭帶來了壓力，這些公司已制定了大幅減少碳排放的戰略。此外，荷蘭皇家殼牌公司也選擇延長API會員資格，盡管與氣候立場“有些不一致”。

　　BP的中期報告還回顧了其參與的其他四個協會，其中包括澳大利亞石油協會和加拿大石油生產者協會，這些協會與BP的政策保持部分一致。

　　該公司表示，這四個組織在氣候立場上取得的進展讓它感到鼓舞。

　　王佳晶 摘譯自 Hart Energy

　　原文如下：

　　BP Sticks with API after Climate Shift by US Oil Lobby Group

　　BP Plc said on May 10 it will remain a member of the American Petroleum Institute (API) after the largest U.S. oil and gas trade lobby group addressed some differences with the British energy company over climate change.

　　BP, which plans to sharply cut its oil output and boost its renewable energy capacity over the next decade, said in a report that despite “uneven progress,” the API was “heading in the right direction.”

　　The API has faced growing pressure from member companies and activist groups to change its policies relating to climate change and drilling regulations.

　　The trade group started to shift some of its positions as the climate-focused Biden administration came to power this year. In March it said it supports a carbon price as one measure to mitigate climate change risk.

　　BP said it was “encouraged” by the API’s support for federal regulation on limiting emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and its support for carbon pricing as well as improving its transparency.

　　“API’s progress has been uneven at times but, on the whole, the organization has moved considerably over the past year and is heading in the right direction,” BP said in the report.

　　“We will continue to make our case—as members—to influence API on climate and many other areas relevant to our business in the U.S.”

　　London-based BP, led by CEO Bernard Looney, last year quit the main U.S. refining lobby and two other trade groups but stuck with the API despite saying it was only “partially aligned” with its policies.

　　BP will publish a comprehensive review of its membership of the API and other associations next year.

　　France’s Total SA in January became the first major global energy company to quit the API due to disagreements over its climate policies and support for easing drilling rules, saying it would not renew its 2021 membership.

　　Total’s stance put pressure on other European oil majors that have set out strategies to sharply reduce carbon emissions.

　　Royal Dutch Shell Plc also chose to extend its API membership despite “some misalignment" with its climate stance.

　　BP’s interim report also reviewed its participation in four other associations which were partly aligned with its policies including the Australian Institute of Petroleum and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

　　BP said it was encouraged by progress made by all four groups over their climate stances.