TotalEnergies首席执行官帕特里克·普扬尼 (Patrick Pouyanne) 在标普全球 CERAWeek 期间表示，德克萨斯州对他的公司很重要，他开玩笑地将其称为“黄金多拉多”，指的是传说中的黄金之城，因为该州对原油的热爱石油、天然气和可再生能源。

Pouyanne 在休斯顿与标普全球副主席 Daniel Yergin 举行的全体会议上发表讲话时表示，这家总部位于巴黎的能源巨头已在德克萨斯州采取了多项措施，包括投资里奥格兰德液化天然气项目，并将其能源地位与更多上游天然气生产相结合。

“这是 [TotalEnergies” 转型战略的一部分，我们所做的投资是在能源价值链中，我们在该价值链中处于世界领先地位，”Pouyanne 说。

Pouyanne 表示，TotalEnergies 将德克萨斯州作为投资目标，“因为这里拥有地球上最便宜的天然气”，因此它为许多项目设定了基准，因此您可以提高效率。

Pouyann茅表示，德克萨斯州市场也很重要，因为 TotalEnergies 试图整合其液化天然气业务并向上游推进。

“在美国，德克萨斯州有很大的空间，”Pouyann茅说，并补充说，如果有人想建造一个 800 兆瓦的太阳能公园，这是可以做到的。

最后，Pouyanne 表示，德克萨斯州的其他吸引力包括电力市场以及德克萨斯州不断增长的人口。

“作为一家欧洲公司，在美国投资是一个相当安全的地方，”他说。“在欧洲，这很艰难。”

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said during CERAWeek by S&P Global that Texas was important for his company, which he jokingly called “El Dorado” — a reference to the fabled city of gold — due to the state’s love for crude oil, natural gas and renewables.

Pouyanné, speaking in Houston during a plenary session with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, said the Paris-based energy giant has taken several steps in Texas, including investing in the Rio Grande LNG project and integrating its energy position with more upstream gas production.

“It’s part of [TotalEnergies’] transition strategy and the investments we do are in the energy value chain where we are amongst the top players in the world,” Pouyanné said.

Pouyanné said TotalEnergies has targeted Texas for investment “because you have the cheapest gas on the planet … so it sets a benchmark for many projects, so you can be efficient.”

Pouyanné said the Texas market was also important as TotalEnergies tries to integrate its LNG business and push upstream as well.

“In the U.S. you have large spaces in Texas,” Pouyanné said, adding that if someone wanted to build an 800-megawatt solar park it could be done.

Finally, Pouyanné said other attractions to Texas included electricity market, as well as Texas’ growing population.

“As a European company, investing in the U.S. is quite a safe place,” he said. “In Europe it is tough.”