<p>能源巨头埃克森美孚指责工党通过禁止在北海进行新的石油和天然气钻探，损害了英国商业。</p>
<p>周三，埃克森在英国的董事长保罗·格林伍德表示，埃德·米利班德对新勘探许可证的封锁，加上致命的碳税和高能源价格，正在 “削弱” 商业并扼杀北海能源。</p>
<p>这紧随埃克森周二决定关闭位于法夫的莫斯莫兰化工厂。格林伍德表示，该工厂生产一种叫做乙烯的化学品，生产过程中严重依赖乙烷，但工党的能源政策使得乙烷变得过于昂贵。</p>
<p>“我们的乙烯工厂及其关闭是政府政策将如何伤害就业并削弱英国经济增长的一个例子，” 他说。</p>
<p>“我们从北海提取天然气，并分离出一种叫做乙烷的气体，我们在法夫的工厂利用它来生产乙烯。</p>
<p>“这意味着我需要廉价且丰富的乙烷来源，但由于政府政策，北海的产量正在迅速下降，而乙烷的价格也在不断上涨。”</p>
<p>他的批评针对米利班德停止发放新的北海勘探许可证的决定，这意味着随着现有油田的枯竭，石油和天然气供应正在迅速减少。预计到 2030 年，英国目前 280 个活跃油田中的约 180 个将关闭。</p>
<p>格林伍德表示，埃克森已经花了几个月时间警告政府该工厂面临的威胁，但没有任何效果。</p>
<p>“我们在四月份就联系了政府，并与他们进行了非常开放和坦诚的对话。我很高兴有人能花时间与新的国务大臣和部长们解释我们的挑战，” 他对 BBC 说。</p>
<p>“我们只是想坦诚地说明这些政策如何削弱我们的业务。</p>
<p>“政府在那时决定，他们无法改变这些政策以使工厂经济可行。这是他们做出的决定，我们必须接受这个决定。</p>
<p>“然而，现在真正令人失望的是，所有这些政策仍然存在，这意味着北海将继续衰退。</p>
<p>“这意味着我们在英国将继续依赖更多的进口。我们的能源供应将变得不那么安全，全球排放将增加，因为这些产品不会在当地生产，而是需要运输进来。”</p>
<p>他还抨击政府对二氧化碳排放征税的政策，警告称这对英国制造商造成了巨大的成本，而他们的海外竞争对手却没有类似的惩罚。</p>
<p>“这些都是削弱我们的故意政府政策，” 他补充道。</p>
<p>埃克森的关闭恰逢制造业贸易机构 Make UK 发布报告，警告能源成本和税收飙升威胁到英国的工业基础。</p>
<p>代表炼油企业的英国燃料工业首席执行官伊丽莎白·德·琼也表示，这一关闭是 “英国工业基础变得脆弱的又一个严峻提醒”。</p>
<p>工业部长克里斯·麦克唐纳表示，政府拒绝了对埃克森工厂提供财政支持的想法，理由是成本问题。</p>
<p>“我想强调，尽管莫斯莫兰工厂的关闭令人失望和担忧，但这并不代表整个英国工业。我们对支持英国工业的承诺是明确的。”</p>
<p>能源安全与净零排放部被要求对此作出回应。</p>

埃克森美孚

<p>埃克森美孚批评工党的新北海石油和天然气钻探禁令，称其损害了英国商业。该政策以及碳税和高能源价格导致埃克森的莫斯莫兰工厂关闭。埃克森认为该政策削弱了经济增长和能源安全，增加了对进口的依赖。政府拒绝对该工厂提供财政支持，维持现行政策。行业领导者警告称，由于能源成本和税收上升，英国的工业基础正面临脆弱性</p>

<p>Energy giant ExxonMobil has accused Labour of damaging British business by banning new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>能源巨头埃克森美孚指责工党通过禁止在北海进行新的石油和天然气钻探，损害了英国商业。</p>
</div><p>On Wednesday, Paul Greenwood, Exxon’s UK chairman, said Ed Miliband’s block on new exploration licences, along with a lethal mix of carbon taxes and high energy prices, was “undermining” business and killing off North Sea energy.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>周三，埃克森在英国的董事长保罗·格林伍德表示，埃德·米利班德对新勘探许可证的封锁，加上致命的碳税和高能源价格，正在 “削弱” 商业并扼杀北海能源。</p>
</div><p>It follows Exxon’s decision on Tuesday to shut down the Mossmorran chemical plant in Fife. The factory, which made a chemical called ethylene, relied heavily on ethane for production, but Labour’s energy policy had made this too expensive, Mr Greenwood said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这紧随埃克森周二决定关闭位于法夫的莫斯莫兰化工厂。格林伍德表示，该工厂生产一种叫做乙烯的化学品，生产过程中严重依赖乙烷，但工党的能源政策使得乙烷变得过于昂贵。</p>
</div><p>“Our ethylene plant and its closure is an example of how bad [government] policy is going to hurt jobs and undermine economic growth in the UK,” he said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们的乙烯工厂及其关闭是政府政策将如何伤害就业并削弱英国经济增长的一个例子，” 他说。</p>
</div><p>“We take gas from the North Sea and separate out a gas called ethane, from which our plant in Fife creates ethylene.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们从北海提取天然气，并分离出一种叫做乙烷的气体，我们在法夫的工厂利用它来生产乙烯。</p>
</div><p>“It means I need cheap sources of abundant ethane, and I do not have it because North Sea output, due to government policy, is declining rapidly, and that ethane is increasingly high priced.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这意味着我需要廉价且丰富的乙烷来源，但由于政府政策，北海的产量正在迅速下降，而乙烷的价格也在不断上涨。”</p>
</div><p>His criticism was aimed at Mr Miliband’s decision to stop issuing new North Sea exploration licences, meaning oil and gas supplies are waning rapidly as existing fields become depleted. About 180 of the UK’s current 280 active fields are predicted to close by 2030.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他的批评针对米利班德停止发放新的北海勘探许可证的决定，这意味着随着现有油田的枯竭，石油和天然气供应正在迅速减少。预计到 2030 年，英国目前 280 个活跃油田中的约 180 个将关闭。</p>
</div><p>Mr Greenwood said Exxon had spent months warning the Government of the threats to the plant – but to no avail.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>格林伍德表示，埃克森已经花了几个月时间警告政府该工厂面临的威胁，但没有任何效果。</p>
</div><p>“We reached out to the Government back in April and had very open and frank conversations with them. I’m pleased that somebody could spend time with newer secretaries of state and ministers explaining our challenges,” he told the BBC.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们在四月份就联系了政府，并与他们进行了非常开放和坦诚的对话。我很高兴有人能花时间与新的国务大臣和部长们解释我们的挑战，” 他对 BBC 说。</p>
</div><p>“We wanted to just be open – explaining how these policies are undermining our business.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们只是想坦诚地说明这些政策如何削弱我们的业务。</p>
</div><p>“The Government decided at that point that they weren’t going to be able to change those policies in order to make the plant economic. That was the decision they made, and we had to live by that decision.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“政府在那时决定，他们无法改变这些政策以使工厂经济可行。这是他们做出的决定，我们必须接受这个决定。</p>
</div><p>“What is really disappointing now, though, is that all of those policies are still in place, which means the North Sea will continue to decline.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“然而，现在真正令人失望的是，所有这些政策仍然存在，这意味着北海将继续衰退。</p>
</div><p>“It means we will continue to have more imports in the UK. We will be less secure in terms of our energy supply and global emissions will increase because these products will not be made there, but will be transported in.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这意味着我们在英国将继续依赖更多的进口。我们的能源供应将变得不那么安全，全球排放将增加，因为这些产品不会在当地生产，而是需要运输进来。”</p>
</div><p>He also lambasted the Government over its policy of taxing CO2 emissions, warning that this was imposing huge costs on UK manufacturers without any similar penalties on their overseas competitors.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他还抨击政府对二氧化碳排放征税的政策，警告称这对英国制造商造成了巨大的成本，而他们的海外竞争对手却没有类似的惩罚。</p>
</div><p>“These are deliberate government policies that are undermining us,” he added.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这些都是削弱我们的故意政府政策，” 他补充道。</p>
</div><p>Exxon’s closure coincides with a report from manufacturers’ trade body Make UK warning that surging energy costs and taxes threaten Britain’s industrial base.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>埃克森的关闭恰逢制造业贸易机构 Make UK 发布报告，警告能源成本和税收飙升威胁到英国的工业基础。</p>
</div><p>Elizabeth de Jong, the chief executive of Fuels Industry UK, which represents refining businesses, also said the closure was “another stark reminder of how fragile the UK’s industrial base has become”.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>代表炼油企业的英国燃料工业首席执行官伊丽莎白·德·琼也表示，这一关闭是 “英国工业基础变得脆弱的又一个严峻提醒”。</p>
</div><p>Chris McDonald, the industry minister, said the Government had rejected the idea of financial support for Exxon’s plant because of the cost.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>工业部长克里斯·麦克唐纳表示，政府拒绝了对埃克森工厂提供财政支持的想法，理由是成本问题。</p>
</div><p>“I want to stress that, as disappointing and concerning as the closure of the Mossmorran site is, it is not symptomatic of UK industry as a whole. Our commitment to supporting UK industry is clear.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我想强调，尽管莫斯莫兰工厂的关闭令人失望和担忧，但这并不代表整个英国工业。我们对支持英国工业的承诺是明确的。”</p>
</div><p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero was asked for a response.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>能源安全与净零排放部被要求对此作出回应。</p>
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Labour’s North Sea ban is damaging business, says ExxonMobil

- 埃克森美孚指责工党禁止北海新油气钻探损害英国商业。  
- 埃克森关闭莫斯莫兰化工厂，因政府政策导致乙烷成本高企。  
- 政府未能改变政策，导致北海能源供应迅速下降。  

埃克森美孚表示，工党的北海禁令正在对商业造成损害