據5月20日Hydrocarbon Processing報道，日本最大的煉油企業JXTG控股公司（JXTG Holdings Inc.）表示，未來三年將斥資1.5萬億日元（約合140億美元），推動其轉型為低碳能源和材料供應商。

根據一項新的中期商業計劃，到2023年3月底的支出將比過去3年的1.04萬億日元增長了44%。

JXTG控股公司總裁杉本聰表示，此基金將用于加強其在可再生能源、電子材料和石化領域的業務。他補充道，新的計劃是基于這樣一個假設，即石油產品和其他產品的需求將在本財政年度的4月至9月繼續下降。

杉本在新聞發布會上表示：“我們不知道這此次疫情的影響會持續多久，但我們認為目前低碳發展的趨勢不會改變。我們將堅持我們的長期愿景。”

去年，石油和金屬集團（oil and metals group）公布了到2040年的長期愿景。基于到2040年國內石油需求將減半的猜測，這一愿景加強了可再生能源、化工產品、發電和電子材料等領域的發展。

周三，該公司又增加了一個新目標，即通過減少煉油廠的排放量和增加可再生能源、制氫和碳捕獲與儲存（CCS）等無碳資產，在2040年實現“碳中和”。

杉本還表示：“盡管油價暴跌，但推動可再生能源發展的趨勢不會改變。“該集團旗下JXTG日本石油能源公司（JXTG Nippon Oil&Energy）總裁大田康夫（Katsuyuki Ota）將于6月出任JXTG Holdings總裁，杉本將成為董事長。

鄒勤 摘譯自 Hydrocarbon Processing

原文如下：

Japan's JXTG plans to spend $14 B on transformation plan

JXTG Holdings Inc, Japan’s biggest oil refiner, said it will spend 1.5 trillion yen ($14 billion) for the next three years to drive its transformation into a supplier of low-carbon energy and materials.

The planned spending, mapped out under a new medium-term business plan through end-March 2023, is a 44% jump from the 1.04 trillion yen spent in the past 3 years.

The fund will be used to strengthen its business in renewable energy, electronic materials and petrochemicals, JXTG Holdings President Tsutomu Sugimori said.

The new plan is based on an assumption that a decline in demand for petroleum products and others due to the pandemic will continue in the April-September half of the current financial year, he said.

“We don’t know how long an impact from the pandemic will continue, but we don’t think the current trend toward a low-carbon society will change,” Sugimori told a news conference.

“We will stick to our long-term vision,” he said.

Last year, the oil and metals group unveiled a long-term vision through 2040, reinforcing growth areas such as renewable energy, chemical products, power generation and electronic materials, based on an estimate that domestic oil demand will halve by 2040.

On Wednesday, the company added a new goal to become “carbon neutral” in 2040, by reducing emissions from refineries and boosting carbon-free assets such as renewable energy, hydrogen generation, and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

“The growing trend of boosting renewable energy won’t change despite a slump in oil prices,” Sugimori said.

The company also announced that Katsuyuki Ota, president of JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy, an energy unit of the group, will become JXTG Holdings’ president in June. Sugimori will become chairman.