據今日石油網2020年7月5日報道，根據《巴黎協定》要求到2040年前把全球氣溫上升控制在2攝氏度以內的目標，各國政府已經開始向可再生能源轉型。在這一轉型過程中，人們對上游石油行業的前景越來越擔憂和懷疑。一些業內專家認為，對化石燃料的需求將會減弱，從而導致一些資產陷入困境。

但全球領先的綜合能源數據提供商之一的伍德麥肯茲（Wood Mackenzie/WM）的分析師認為，石油需求在2040年前將不會大幅放緩。事實上，W M負責全球勘探的副總裁安德魯萊瑟姆和高級研究分析師亞當 威爾遜在他們的題為《在低成本、低碳世界的勘探未來》最新報告中指出，2040年以后，世界的大部分能源需求仍將依賴石油和天然氣。因此，他們認為，繼續勘探對于滿足全球未來的能源需求至關重要，因為他們的研究表明，到2040年，只有大約一半的石油供應來自已投產油田。

萊瑟姆和威爾遜在報告中進一步指出，世界可能需要超過1000億桶油當量的資源——石油和天然氣的比例大約是50:50。他們表示，這意味著油氣行業需要把過去5年的勘探成功率至少維持到2030年。

此外，分析師表示，“即使全球氣溫上升控制在2攝氏度的情況下，未來20年全球對石油和天然氣的累計需求也將至少達到1.1萬億桶油當量?！薄案鶕覀儗厩闆r的預測，這一數字很有可能高達1.4萬億桶油當量。大約6400億桶油當量能夠由來自陸上油田已探明和已開發油田滿足。這將有大約4600億至7600億油當量的“供應缺口”。

WM的分析師指出，所有這些供應缺口——實際上還會更多——都可以從現有的發現中得到滿足。但是，他們強調這些需要投資，同時指出只有成本最低和經濟效益最好的資源才有優勢，才會吸引資本。

然而，他們也熱切地指出，許多已探明資源并不符合要求，因此，繼續尋求新的石油和天然氣儲量將能夠在這個激烈競爭中保持自己的存在。

這對南美洲國家圭亞那來說是個好兆頭，?？松梨诠驹谙鄬^低盈虧平衡的斯塔布魯克區塊中發現了數十億桶的石油資源。由于在斯塔布魯克區塊及其周圍區塊仍有幾個目標，圭亞那的油氣勘探潛力仍然很大。

國際能源署（IEA）說，由于全球石油產量將恢復增長，圭亞那、巴西和挪威的強勁增長至關重要

?？松梨诠绢A計，到2026年前，其在斯塔布魯克區塊的石油日產量將遠遠超過75萬桶，而WM曾表示，這一數字在本10年結束前很可能會超過100萬桶。

不夠快

WM市場和轉型主管普拉卡什·沙爾瑪在一份單獨分析報告中指出，把全球氣溫上升幅度控制在2攝氏度以內的努力甚至沒有以同樣快的速度進行，這使得WM的有關化石燃料存在的時間將比一些利益相關者所預測的時間要長得多的結論更加可信。

沙爾瑪認為，這種轉變沒有如預期那樣迅速的一個關鍵原因是，可再生能源還沒有給投資者帶來令人信服的理由。目前，可再生能源回報方面的風險太大了。

事實上，WM的分析師預測，到2040年前風能和太陽能在電力供應中所占比例僅為24%，而2019年這一比例為7%。盡管這一數字可能表明競爭力正在提高，但他熱切地指出，太陽能和風能在燃料組合中所占的份額要達到50%或更高的份額仍存在實際限制。

李峻 編譯自 今日石油網

原文如下：

World will still rely on oil and gas for much of its energy needs beyond 2040 – WoodMac Analysts

In keeping with the goal of the Paris Agreement which calls for a limit to the increase in global temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius by 2040, countries have begun the transition to renewable forms of energy. In the midst of this transition, there have been growing concerns and doubts about what would become of upstream petroleum. Some industry experts have posited that demand for fossil fuels would weaken leaving some assets stranded.

But analysts at Wood Mackenzie, one of the world’s leading providers in comprehensive energy data, do not believe that the demand for oil will slow significantly before 2040. In fact, Andrew Latham, Wood Mac’s Vice President for Global Exploration and Adam Wilson, a Senior Research Analyst, noted in their latest report, “Exploration’s future in a low-cost, low-carbon world”, that the world will still rely on oil and gas for much of its energy needs well beyond 2040. As a result of this, they posited that continued exploration will be critical in meeting this future demand since their research shows that only about half the supply needed to 2040 is guaranteed from fields already on stream.

Expounding further, Latham and Wilson noted that the world may need over 100 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources (boe) – split roughly 50:50 between oil and gas. They said that this means the industry needs to maintain its success rate of the past five years until at least 2030.

Further to this, the analysts said, “Cumulative global demand for oil and gas over the next two decades will be at least 1,100 billion boe even in a 2°C scenario. It could be as much as 1,400 billion boe on our base case forecasts. Around 640 billion boe can be met by proven developed supply from onstream fields. This leaves a ‘supply gap’ of some 460 billion to 760 billion boe.”

The Wood Mac Analysts noted that all of this supply gap– indeed much more – could be met from existing discoveries. They stressed however that these need investment while noting that only resources with the lowest cost and best economics are advantaged and should attract capital.

They were keen to note as well that much of the known resource, however, does not fit the bill hence the continued quest for oil and gas will be able to hold its own in this competition.

This bodes well for the South American country of Guyana where multi-billion-barrel oil resources have been found by ExxonMobil at the Stabroek Block in fields with relatively low breakevens. The exploration potential also remains strong with several targets remaining at Stabroek as well as the surrounding blocks.

Solid gains from Guyana, Brazil and Norway key as global oil output set to limp back to life – IEA

ExxonMobil anticipates that by 2026 it will be producing well over 750,000 barrels of oil per day at Stabroek and WoodMac has said this is likely to exceed the 1-million-barrel-per-day mark by the end of the decade.

NOT FAST ENOUGH

In a separate analysis that was done by Prakash Sharma, Head of Markets and Transitions at WoodMac, it was noted that the efforts to limit the increase of global temperature by below two degrees Celsius is not even happening as fast as it should, which lends more credence to the entity’s conclusion that fossil fuel will be around for much longer than some stakeholders project.

Sharma contended that one of the key reasons the transition is not happening as fast as it should is simply because renewable energy is yet to make a compelling case to investors. The risks regarding returns are just too great at the moment.

In fact, the WoodMac Analyst foresees wind and solar energy contributing a mere 24% of power supply by 2040 compared with 7% in 2019. Although the figure might suggest that competitiveness is improving, he was keen to note that there are practical limitations to reaching a fuel mix of 50% or greater share for solar and wind.