Oil and gas companies used to measure their success by how good they were at finding new reserves. The unforgiving rule by which they were judged was the “reserve replacement ratio”, a metric of how successful a company was at replacing the oil and gas it extracted with new supplies. Today, that view is being turned upside down. Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP, believes the future lies in producing less hydrocarbons, not more. He wants BP to cut its production of oil and gas by 40 per cent over the next decade.
石油与天然气企业过去曾以探明新储量的能力来衡量自身的成功。用来评判它们表现的这一严苛规则叫做“储量替代率”,该指标用于衡量一家油气企业以新增储量替代其油气开采量的能力。如今,这种理念正在被颠覆。英国石油(BP)首席执行官陆博纳(Bernard Looney)认为,未来在于减少、而非增加碳氢化合物的产量。他希望英国石油在未来十年内将其油气产量削减40%。