挪威可为海上平台与大型工业提供更多可再生能源

据烃加工网站6月26日消息 挪威两个政府机构表示，通过为大型工业工厂和海上油气平台提供更多的可再生电力，可以每年减少400万吨二氧化碳排放。

虽然挪威是主要的石油生产国，但其也签署了《巴黎气候变化协定》，今年早些时候承诺到2030年将国内温室气体排放量减少一半。

石油工业监管机构NPD表示，到2020年中期，挪威一半的石油和天然气产量可能来自接收陆地可再生能源的平台，而不是柴油或天然气发电机组。

挪威石油和能源部长蒂娜·布鲁在新闻发布会上说：“挪威有很大的可能实现更多的电气化，但这也意味着我们必须在今后的时间里对挪威的电力供应进行更多的投资。”

挪威石油产量占全球的2%，是欧洲第二大天然气供应国。然而，温室气体承诺只包括国内排放，而不包括从本国领土开采并被其他国家使用的矿物燃料的排放量。

特罗尔、奥斯伯格和其他油气田的海上平台可以通过海底电缆与大陆电网连接起来，这是近年来几个新开发项目的情况，最著名的是巨型Johan-Sverdrup油田。

挪威几乎所有的电力都来自水电站大坝和风电场。

NPD表示，海洋石油工业正在开发的项目可以减少170万吨的二氧化碳排放量，而7个陆上工厂可以减少230万吨。

报告显示，Equinor的Mongstad炼油厂、Hammerfest液化天然气工厂和Kaarstoe石油加工和出口终端等设施可能会增加可再生能源的使用。

吴恒磊 编译自 烃加工

原文如下：

Norway wants more renewable power for oil platforms, major industry

Norway could cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 4 million tons per year, or nearly 8% of the total, by providing more renewable electricity for major industrial plants and offshore oil and gas platforms, two government agencies said.

While Norway is a major producer of petroleum, it has also signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change, pledging earlier this year to cut its domestic emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2030.

By the mid-2020s, half of all oil and gas output in Norway could come from platforms receiving renewable power from land, rather than from generators run on diesel or natural gas, petroleum industry regulator NPD said.

“There are significant possibilities for more electrification in Norway, but it also means we must invest more in Norway’s power supply in the time ahead,” Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru told a news conference.

Norway produces 2% of global oil and is Europe’s second biggest supplier of natural gas. Its greenhouse gas commitments cover only domestic emissions, however, and not those from fossil fuels extracted from its territory and used by others.

Offshore platforms at the Troll, Oseberg and other oil and gas fields could be hooked up via subsea cables to the mainland grid, as has been the case in recent years for several new developments, most notably the giant Johan Sverdrup field.

Norway produces nearly all of its electricity from hydropower dams and wind farms.

Projects being developed by the offshore oil industry could cut CO2 emissions from operations by 1.7 million tons, the NPD said, while seven land-based plants could cut them by 2.3 million tons, the Water Resources and Energy Directorate said.

Equinor’s Mongstad oil refinery, the Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant and the Kaarstoe petroleum processing and export terminal are among the facilities which could increase the use of renewable power, the reports showed.