据5月11日Hart Energy报道，英国石油公司5月10日表示，在美国最大的石油和天然气贸易游说团体解决了与英国能源公司在气候变化问题上的一些分歧后，该公司仍将是美国石油协会(API)的成员。
BP计划在未来10年大幅削减石油产量，并提高可再生能源产能。该公司在一份报告中表示，尽管“进展不平衡”，但API“正朝着正确的方向前进”。
API面临着来自成员公司和活动组织的越来越大的压力，要求其改变与气候变化和钻井法规有关的政策。随着美国越来越关注气候问题，该贸易组织开始改变一些立场。今年3月，它表示支持将碳价格作为缓解气候变化风险的措施之一。
BP表示，API支持联邦政府制定限制甲烷排放的规定，并支持碳定价和提高透明度，这让它受到了“鼓舞”。要知道，甲烷是一种强有力的温室气体。
BP在报告中表示:“API的进展有时并不均衡，但总体而言，该组织在过去一年取得了相当大的进展，正朝着正确的方向前进。作为会员，我们将继续努力，影响API对气候的影响，以及其他与我们在美国业务相关的领域。”
总部位于伦敦的英国石油公司在首席执行官Bernard Looney的领导下，于2020年退出了美国主要的炼油游说团体和其他两个贸易团体，但仍坚持保留API，尽管该公司称API仅与自己的政策规划保持部分的一致。
BP明年将发布一份关于API和其他协会成员的全面审查报告。
1月，法国道达尔公司(Total SA)成为首家退出API的大型全球能源公司，原因是该公司在气候政策上存在分歧，并支持放松钻井规则，该公司表示不会续签2021年的成员资格。
道达尔的立场给其它欧洲石油巨头带来了压力，这些公司已制定了大幅减少碳排放的战略。此外，荷兰皇家壳牌公司也选择延长API会员资格，尽管与气候立场“有些不一致”。
BP的中期报告还回顾了其参与的其他四个协会，其中包括澳大利亚石油协会和加拿大石油生产者协会，这些协会与BP的政策保持部分一致。
该公司表示，这四个组织在气候立场上取得的进展让它感到鼓舞。
王佳晶 摘译自 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.
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