据ICIS-MRC网站4月29日莫斯科报道，根据烃加工网信息显示，托克（Trafigura）出售了首批石脑油，这是一种用于塑料的精炼石油产品，从生产到发货的碳排放被抵消了。

　　此举措反映了石油和天然气公司越来越倾向于将其产品作为更清洁的产品进行营销，并在能源转型的加速过程中确保化石燃料行业的未来。托克在一份声明中表示，已将这批货物出售给巴西的布拉斯基姆（Braskem）。这批货物上周从德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂(Corpus Christi)发运，预计将抵达巴西阿拉托港(Port of Aratuo)。

　　这家全球大宗商品交易商表示，他们使用了当时最节能的船只，航速也进行了调整，以进一步减少排放。这家总部位于日内瓦的公司补充说，这批货物被印尼名为REDD+的基于自然的项目抵消，该项目由经验证的碳标准进行独立验证。

　　REDD项目源于联合国气候谈判，旨在减少森林砍伐和森林退化造成的排放。REDD+还包括可持续的森林管理、保护和增加森林碳储量。

　　其竞争对手维多集团（Vitol）上个月开始提供绿色液化天然气(LNG)货物，以此抵消从井口到交付过程中的排放。今年1月，西方石油公司(Occidental Petroleum)表示，已经向印度出售了有史以来第一批100%碳中性的原油。

　　一些公司已经开始为他们所谓的清洁石油产品寻求更高的价格。托克没有详细说明这批货物相对于常规石脑油的成本，但表示这是向Braskem提供的一项服务。尽管碳信用额并不能减少一桶石油的污染，但其支持者表示，它们有助于为清洁能源项目提供资金，否则这些项目将无法盈利。

　　郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC

　　原文如下：

　　Trafigura sells first carbon-offset naphtha cargo

　　Trafigura sold the first cargo of naphtha, a refined oil product used in plastics, for which the carbon emissions from production to delivery were offset, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.

　　The move reflects a growing trend among oil and gas firms to market their products as cleaner and to secure a future for the fossil fuel industry amid an accelerating energy transition. Trafigura said in a statement it had sold the cargo, which was shipped last week from Corpus Christi, Texas and is due to arrive in the Brazilian Port of Aratuo, to Brazil's Braskem.

　　The global commodities trader said that it had used the most energy efficient vessel available at the time and the speed of the voyage was adjusted to reduce emissions further. The Geneva-based company added that the cargo was offset with nature-based projects in Indonesia known as REDD+, which are independently verified by the Verified Carbon Standard.

　　REDD projects emerged from the UN climate negotiations and aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. REDD+ goes beyond this to include sustainable forest management, conservation and increasing forest carbon stocks.

　　Rival trading firm Vitol began offering green liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes last month, whereby the offsets would mitigate emissions from wellhead to delivery. In January, Occidental Petroleum said it had sold the first ever 100% carbon-neutral shipment of crude to India.

　　Some companies have begun seeking a premium price for what they call cleaner petroleum products. Trafigura did not detail the costs of the cargo versus a regular naphtha shipment but said it was a service provided to Braskem. Although carbon credits do not reduce the pollution from a barrel of oil, their proponents say they help finance clean-energy efforts that otherwise would not be profitable.