挪威公布2030年二氧化碳排放宣言

Norway’s petroleum industry, through its Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, announced August 16 that from 2020 it will implement accumulated carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction measures equaling 2.5mn metric tons (mt) of CO2 equivalent/year by 2030.“Norway becomes the first oil country in the world to implement emission cuts beyond the ambitious claims authorities have already imposed on industry,” Karl Eirik Schjott-Pedersen, the association’s CEO said. The industry had already undertaken to implement CO2 reduction measures equivalent to 1.4mn mt/yr by 2020.

Statoil said August 17 that it will account for 2mn mt/yr of the new 2020-30 target, having already set itself a target of cutting CO2 from Norway by 1.2mn mt/yr by 2020. Statoil was among ten producer companies to make a joint commitment on climate change in October 2015, having been among the first to endorse the World Bank’s Zero Routine Gas Flaring by 2030 initiative. Routine flaring has been banned in Norway since 1971.

The association said that industry has developed an action plan with specific measures to achieve this ceiling, requiring large-scale technology development, R&D, and regular status assessments. It also said that its ambition for 2050 is to “maintain its position as the most important value creator and increase the average recovery rate of at least 60%.” Officials will hope so too, as oil and gas proceeds bankroll the country’s ‘rainy day’ fund.