The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)
Présentation
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) is a coalition of major oil and gas companies created to promote a climate-friendly image for some of the world’s largest polluters.
Établi dans 2014, le OGCI claims to be “committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate change.” En 2017, it described its goal as being “a catalyst for change in our industry and more widely.”1“Catalyst for Change” (PDF), Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatOctobre 2017. Fichier .pdf archivé disponible sur DeSmog.
Le OGCI’s members ont inclus Coquille, BP, Statoil, Aramco saoudien, Eni, Total, Repsol, CNPC, Pemex et Reliance Industries entre autres.
Le OGCI regularly makes statements of intent in the weeks leading up to the annual UN international climate talks. These announcements have been critiqué2Mat Hope. «Big Oil Called out for Greenwashing, Issues Essentially the Same Pre-COP Climate Pledge as Last Year, " DéSmog, le 4 novembre 2016. comme "greenwashing” exercises,3Kyla Mandel. «Six Commitments Missing From the Oil and Gas Major’s Climate Declaration, " DéSmog, October 16, 2015. with many of the same companies often involved in obstructing efforts to take action on climate change through lobbying activities.4Carol Linnitt. «Oil and Gas Industry Publicly Supports Climate Action While Secretly Subverting Process, New Analysis Shows, " DéSmog, le 2 novembre 2015.
Position sur le changement climatique
Septembre 2018
Selon a statement from representative OGCI PDGs, published in a 2018 report by the group:5“At Work: Committed to climate action” (PDF), Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, September 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
«Comme le PDGs de OGCI member companies, we balance our responsibilities as major global energy providers with the essential need to tackle the threat of climate change.”
2017
Le OGCI's site formerly stated:6"OGCI, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climat. Archived November 4, 2017.
"We, the leaders of the ten major oil and gas companies, are committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate change. We support its agenda for global action and the need for urgency. Through our collaboration in Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), we can be a catalyst for change in our industry and more widely.
"OGCI aims to increase the ambition, speed and scale of the initiatives we undertake as individual companies to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of our core oil and gas business – and to explore new businesses and technologies.”
Financement
Analysts at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think tank said the new Fonds de 1 milliards de dollars to go towards carbon capture and storage technology research and development launched in 2017 was nothing more than a “drop in the ocean” for the large oil companies part of OGCI.7Damian Carrington. «Oil firms announce $1bn climate fund to clean up gas, " The Guardian, Novembre 4, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/uE9IJ
Personnes clés
Direction
As of 2019, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative listed two people on their website:8"Strategy & Policy, " Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/vDyXH
- Jerome Schmitt - Chaise, OGCI Comité exécutif
- Julien Perez — Strategy & Policy Director of OGCI Climate Investments
Entreprises & PDGs
Below are representatives who signed on to key CNPC documents year over year, listed by company represented:
| Group Represented & Nom | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| BG Group plc | - | - | - | - |
| Helge Lund | Y | |||
| BP plc | - | - | - | - |
| Bob Dudley | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| CNPC | - | - | - | - |
| Wang Yilin | Y | Y | Y | |
| Eni S.p.A. | - | - | - | - |
| Claudio Descalzi | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Équinor ASA | - | - | - | - |
| Eldar Saetre | Y | |||
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | - | - | - | - |
| Ivan Monteiro | Y | |||
| Petroleos Mexicanos | - | - | - | - |
| Carlos Alberto Treviño Medina | Y | |||
| Emilio Lozoya Austin | Y | |||
| Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya | Y | Y | ||
| Reliance Industries Limited | - | - | - | - |
| Sh. Mukesh D Ambani | Y | Y | Y | |
| Repsol S.A. | - | - | - | - |
| Josu Jon Imaz | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Royal Dutch Shell plc | - | - | - | - |
| Ben van Beurden | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Aramco saoudien | - | - | - | - |
| Amin H. Nasser | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Statoil ASA | - | - | - | - |
| Eldar Saetre | Y | Y | Y | |
| Total S.A. | - | - | - | - |
| Patrick Pouyanné | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Action
8 mars
OGCI lancé “Aiming for Zero”, an initiative to reduce methane emissions among its members and signatories. The aim of the initiative states: “We will strive to reach near zero methane emissions from our operated oil and gas assets by 2030, and we will encourage our partners to achieve similar results.”9"Aiming for Zero: Methane Emissions Initiative, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/v4oe0
Selon le OGCI, the “Signatories and Supporters” of the Aiming for Zero initiative “believe that virtually all methane emissions from the industry can and should be avoided.”10"Action and Engagement, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/nemlh
The OGCI dit that the initiative had already been endorsed by CEOs from oil and gas companies including Aramco, BP, Chevron, CNPC, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Oxy, Petrobras, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergies.11"Action and Engagement, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/nemlh
Septembre 2021
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, OGCI announced that “its companies aim to reach net zero emissions from operations under their control, which spans Scopes 1 and 2 emissions.” S&P noted:12Karin Rives and Allison Good. “Oil group’s net-zero goal shuns emissions cuts that would threaten core assets, " S&P Global Market Intelligence, September 28, 2021. Archivé le 14 mars 2023URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/xZvmD
“The commitment did not include Scope 3 emissions: those associated with products and services needed for exploration and production of oil. Importantly, Scope 3 also includes downstream greenhouse gases emitted from the oil, gasoline and diesel oil that companies sell to anyone who drives a car or flies a plane.”
In 2019, these upstream Scope 3 emissions alone “made up just over half of the companies’ carbon footprint.”13Karin Rives and Allison Good. “Oil group’s net-zero goal shuns emissions cuts that would threaten core assets, " S&P Global Market Intelligence, September 28, 2021. Archivé le 14 mars 2023URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/xZvmD
Septembre 2018
Exxon, Chevron and Occidental rejoint the group. At the time, OGCI claimed its members represented about 30 percent of oil and gas production worldwide and supply 20 percent of primary energy consumption.14"Oil and Gas Climate Initiative welcomes Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum into its international membership, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatArchivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/UsJoO
Octobre 2017
A few weeks before the annual climate talks in Bonn, Germany, the OGCI announced a new $1 billion fund to go towards carbon capture and storage technology research and development.15Jess Shankleman and Rakteem Katakey. “Big Oil to Invest $1 Billion in Carbon-Capture Technology, " Bloomberg, November 4, 2016. Archived January 23, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/DUC1l
Climate campaign group 350.org called the announcement “outrageous filibustering from an industry with no future.” Analysts at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think tank said the fund was nothing more than a “drop in the ocean” for the companies.16Damian Carrington. «Oil firms announce $1bn climate fund to clean up gas, " The Guardian, Novembre 4, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/uE9IJ
Novembre 2016
Le OGCI announced a stratégie to limit warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels on the day the Paris Agreement came into force. At the core of these companies’ climate plan is setting up a $1 billion (£80m) fund to ramp us gas instead of coal, clean up the industry’s own emissions, invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and make cars more efficient.17Mat Hope. «Big Oil Called out for Greenwashing, Issues Essentially the Same Pre-COP Climate Pledge as Last Year, " DéSmog, le 4 novembre 2016.
The plan “might sound like sweaty, desperate greenwashing,” écrit Blé à moudre.18Eve Andrews. “OIL, SHMOIL, " Blé à moudre, Novembre 2, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/HAxfW Greenwashing, décrit The Gurardian, was “coined in the 1980s to describe outrageous corporate environmental claims” however has grown much more sophisticated in more recent years.19Bruce Wilson. “The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing, " The Guardian, August 20, 2016. Archived January 23, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/VUPOo
Octobre 2015
Le OGCI lancé un Joint Collaborative Declaration just days before the start of the international climate negotiations in 2015, which would conclude with the creation of the much-celebrated Paris Agreement. The announcement called for “widespread and effective pricing of carbon emissions.”20“Oil & Gas Climate Initiative Joint Collaborative Declaration” (PDF), OGCI, October 16, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Think-tank Carbon Tracker suggested a number of items were missing from the declaration, including a commitment to targets commensurate with limiting warming to two degrees, or any promises to increase spending on clean or renewable energy technologies.21Kyla Mandel. «Six Commitments Missing From the Oil and Gas Major’s Climate Declaration, " DéSmog, October 16, 2015.
Organisations connexes
According to the group’s website and a published report, members of OGCI have included:
| Membre | 2015 | 2018 * | 2019 |
| BG Groupe | Y | ||
| BP | Y | Y | |
| Chevron | Y | ||
| CNPC | Y | ||
| ENI | Y | Y | |
| Équinor | Y | ||
| ExxonMobil | Y | ||
| Occidental | Y | ||
| Pemex | Y | Y | |
| Petrobras | Y | ||
| Reliance Industries | Y | ||
| Repsol | Y | Y | |
| Aramco saoudien | Y | Y | |
| chaise | Y | Y | |
| Statoil | Y | ||
| Total | Y | Y |
*A September 2018 press released announced that ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum, and Chevron would be joining OGCI at that time. The membership of those companies was not confirmed on on other OGCI materials or its web page as of January 2019.22"Oil and Gas Climate Initiative welcomes Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum into its international membership, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatArchivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/UsJoO
Three interconnected “OGCI Climate” groups are registered with UK‘s Companies House, with OGCI Climate Investments LLP listing officers as including BP, Shell, Chevron, ENI, Repsol, among other shared groups.23Search for “OGCI” at Companies House. Performed January 23, 2019.
- OGCI Climate Investments LLP (Company number OC415130) — Listed Officers include the following:
- BP Technology Ventures Limited
- Shell Petroleum Company Limited (The)
- Chevron Products UK Édition
- ENI UK Édition
- Equinor Wind Limited
- ExxonMobil Engineering Europe Limited
- Oxy Climate Ventures, Inc
- Petrobras Internationall Braspetro B.V.
- Repsol Energy Ventures, S.A.
- Saev Guernsey I, Ltd.
- Total Holdings UK Édition
- OGCI Climate Investments Group LTD (Company number 10688335)
- Dr. Pratima Rangarajan — Director
- OGCI Climate Investments LLP - Directeur
- Dr. Dominic Emery — Director (resigned)
- OGCI Climate Investments Holdings LLP (Company number OC416592)
- OGCI Climate Investments Group LTD - LLP Designated Member
- OGCI Climate Investments LLP - LLP Designated Member
Contact & Adresse
Selon Companies House records for ”OGCI Climate Investments LLP,” which includes, and others, that group’s address is as follows:24"OGCI CLIMATE INVESTMENTS LLP, " Companies HouseConsulté le 23 janvier 2019.
Suite 1, 3rd Floor 11-12 St. James’s Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4LB
Records show that group moved from its prior office as of June 2017:
- 20-22 Bedford Row London WC1R 4JS Royaume-Uni
Des médias sociaux
- @OGCInouvelles sur Twitter
- The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative on LinkedIn
Photo via OGCI. PDGs pictured include Helge Lund, BG Group; Bob Dudley, BPOGCI membre PDGs not pictured: Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries; Ben van Beurden, Royal Dutch Shell).
Ressources
- 1“Catalyst for Change” (PDF), Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatOctobre 2017. Fichier .pdf archivé disponible sur DeSmog.
- 2Mat Hope. «Big Oil Called out for Greenwashing, Issues Essentially the Same Pre-COP Climate Pledge as Last Year, " DéSmog, le 4 novembre 2016.
- 3Kyla Mandel. «Six Commitments Missing From the Oil and Gas Major’s Climate Declaration, " DéSmog, October 16, 2015.
- 4Carol Linnitt. «Oil and Gas Industry Publicly Supports Climate Action While Secretly Subverting Process, New Analysis Shows, " DéSmog, le 2 novembre 2015.
- 5“At Work: Committed to climate action” (PDF), Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, September 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 6"OGCI, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climat. Archived November 4, 2017.
- 7Damian Carrington. «Oil firms announce $1bn climate fund to clean up gas, " The Guardian, Novembre 4, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/uE9IJ
- 8"Strategy & Policy, " Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/vDyXH
- 9"Aiming for Zero: Methane Emissions Initiative, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/v4oe0
- 10"Action and Engagement, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/nemlh
- 11"Action and Engagement, " OGCI, Consulté en juin 28, 2022. Archivé le 28 juin 2022URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/nemlh
- 12Karin Rives and Allison Good. “Oil group’s net-zero goal shuns emissions cuts that would threaten core assets, " S&P Global Market Intelligence, September 28, 2021. Archivé le 14 mars 2023URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/xZvmD
- 13Karin Rives and Allison Good. “Oil group’s net-zero goal shuns emissions cuts that would threaten core assets, " S&P Global Market Intelligence, September 28, 2021. Archivé le 14 mars 2023URL de l'archive : https://archive.ph/xZvmD
- 14"Oil and Gas Climate Initiative welcomes Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum into its international membership, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatArchivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/UsJoO
- 15Jess Shankleman and Rakteem Katakey. “Big Oil to Invest $1 Billion in Carbon-Capture Technology, " Bloomberg, November 4, 2016. Archived January 23, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/DUC1l
- 16Damian Carrington. «Oil firms announce $1bn climate fund to clean up gas, " The Guardian, Novembre 4, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/uE9IJ
- 17Mat Hope. «Big Oil Called out for Greenwashing, Issues Essentially the Same Pre-COP Climate Pledge as Last Year, " DéSmog, le 4 novembre 2016.
- 18Eve Andrews. “OIL, SHMOIL, " Blé à moudre, Novembre 2, 2016. Archivé le 23 janvier 2019URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/HAxfW
- 19Bruce Wilson. “The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing, " The Guardian, August 20, 2016. Archived January 23, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/VUPOo
- 20“Oil & Gas Climate Initiative Joint Collaborative Declaration” (PDF), OGCI, October 16, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 21Kyla Mandel. «Six Commitments Missing From the Oil and Gas Major’s Climate Declaration, " DéSmog, October 16, 2015.
- 22"Oil and Gas Climate Initiative welcomes Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum into its international membership, " Initiative pétrolière et gazière sur le climatArchivé le 23 janvier 2019. URL Archive.fo : https://archive.fo/UsJoO
- 23Search for “OGCI” at Companies House. Performed January 23, 2019.
- 24"OGCI CLIMATE INVESTMENTS LLP, " Companies HouseConsulté le 23 janvier 2019.
