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Oil industry calls for inclusivity under climate efforts

Published 11/15/2021, 03:02 AM
Updated 11/15/2021, 08:20 AM
© Reuters. United Arab Emirates' Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves

© Reuters. United Arab Emirates' Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves

By Yousef Saba, Alex Lawler and Hadeel Al Sayegh

ABU DHABI (Reuters) -Energy producers gathered in Abu Dhabi following the COP26 U.N. climate talks called on Monday for greater inclusivity that would see more investment in hydrocarbons for energy security as they work to reduce emissions while developing their economies.

The world could not "simply unplug" from hydrocarbons and the oil and gas industry needed to invest over $600 billion a year until 2030 just to meet expected demand, said Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) Chief Executive Sultan al-Jaber.

He was addressing the start of ADIPEC oil and gas forum, at which the energy minister of top oil exporter Saudi Arabia stressed that climate efforts should provide equal focus on energy security and economic growth in developing countries.

The COP26 talks in Glasgow ended on Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming.

OPEC oil producers had defended a future role for fossil fuels at the talks, arguing that the world could slash greenhouse gas emissions without moving away from oil and gas.

"To be inclusive you have to look at first emissions, not resource, two it must be all greenhouse gases, it must be all sectors," Saudi Arabia's Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud said. "We have to be mindful of national circumstances."

Advocates of oil, gas and coal argue that technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration - in which emissions are captured and stored underground - can allow economies to keep burning fossils.

Climate activists reject that, saying such technology is expensive, unproven at scale, and only provides cover to polluting industries to continue operating.

OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said on Monday the conversation "is gradually being taken over by emotions" and hoped upcoming COP summits in Egypt in 2022 and the United Arab Emirates in 2023 would take a holistic approach.

ADNOC's al-Jaber said the Glasgow summit "on balance, was a success" but also urged greater pragmatism, saying a successful energy transition required hydrocarbons.

© Reuters. United Arab Emirates' Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

"We cannot simply unplug from the energy system of today. We cannot just flip a switch."

He said ADNOC was expanding its carbon capture and storage capacity from 800,000 tonnes per year to 5 million, and as of January, would use nuclear and solar for its grid power.

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