世界石油

(WO) “福蒂斯管道系统将英国 40% 的石油从北海输送到格兰奇茅斯，在那里进行加工，然后分配到整个英国。在英力士拥有的 6 年里，通过该系统的石油流量急剧下降了 40%，由于需求不足，英力士不得不关闭其三个加工厂之一。

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这种令人担忧的下降对英国来说是个坏消息，这意味着该国越来越依赖进口石油和天然气。它使英国消费者受到外国生产商的摆布，并导致价格大幅波动，使更多的人陷入燃料贫困。英国还需要国内天然气作为未来氢气生产的关键原料。这也意味着石油和天然气收入离开英国并流入其他国家的金库。

造成这种下降的根本原因是英国政府新征收的暴利税导致新油田投资不足，目前税收太高，以至于没有现金用于新的石油和天然气生产。英国政界人士发出的混杂信息加剧了这一问题，进一步削弱了企业投资北海的意愿。

英力士创始人兼董事长吉姆·拉特克利夫爵士对整个情况进行了严厉批评。“世界其他地区已经明白，我们在未来 30 年将需要石油和天然气，并正在通过合理的税收来激励生产。英国却反其道而行之，似乎有意通过负面评论和惩罚性暴利税来迅速摧毁北海的生产。”

英国完全缺乏能源政策是完全不负责任的。当世界其他国家鼓励本地石油和天然气生产时，英国似乎打算通过高税收和抑制措施来摧毁它，使我们完全依赖海外供应并损失数十亿美元的潜在收入。”

World Oil

(WO) – The Forties Pipeline System moves 40% of the UK’s oil from the North Sea through Grangemouth where it is processed for distribution throughout the UK. Over the 6 years of INEOS ownership, oil flows through the system have declined by a dramatic 40%, and INEOS has had to close one of its three processing plants due to lack of demand.

Source: World Oil

This worrying decline is bad news for the UK, meaning that the country is becoming ever more reliant on imported oil and gas. It puts UK consumers at the mercy of foreign producers and causes massive volatility in prices, pushing yet more people into fuel poverty. The UK will also need domestic gas as a key feedstock for future hydrogen production. It also means that oil and gas revenues leave the UK and into the coffers of other countries.

The fundamental reason for this decline is the lack of investment in new fields caused by the UK government’s new windfall taxes, which are now so high there is no cash left for new oil and natural gas production. The problem is exacerbated by the mixed messages coming from UK politicians, which further undermine companies’ willingness to invest in the North Sea.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, INEOS founder and chairman, is scathing about the whole situation.  “The rest of the world has understood that we will need oil and gas for the next 30 years and is incentivizing production through sensible taxation.  The UK is doing the opposite and seems intent on rapidly destroying North Sea production through a mixture of negative comments and punitive windfall taxes.”

“The UK’s total lack of an energy policy is completely irresponsible.  Whilst the rest of the world is encouraging local oil and gas production, the UK seems intent on destroying it through high taxes and disincentives, making us totally reliant on overseas supplies and losing billions in potential revenue.”