The UN Secretary -General's name is "immoral"

Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" reported on August 4 that when "OPEC+" did not significantly increase production, it benefited from high oil prices, and European and American petroleum giants made a lot of money.

It is reported that large oil companies have achieved good performance. The British Petroleum Corporation (BP) released the second quarter of the 2022 financial report on the 2nd, showing that its net profit was about three times the same period last year, reaching 9.3 billion US dollars.

British Shell Company's net profit in the second quarter was as high as $ 18 billion, which was 5.3 times the same period last year. The US petroleum giant Exxon Mobil's net profit in the second quarter was 17.8 billion US dollars, 3.8 times the same period last year. The net profit of the US Chevron in the second quarter reached $ 11.6 billion, which was 3.8 times the same period last year.

Report analysis, the reason for the growth of these companies is the rise in energy prices such as crude oil. As an oil price index, the "American WTI crude oil" futures price price is about $ 60 per year a year ago. After the outbreak of Russia and Ukraine in February this year, the price of WTI crude oil futures exceeded $ 100/barrel, and in the second quarter, it was even about 100 to 120 US dollars. High oil prices have become the main reason for rising prices in various countries.

UN Secretary -General Gutres called on the 3rd local time on the 3rd of the governments to pay taxes on large oil and natural gas companies that have obtained huge profits from the current energy crisis, and used these money to help the poor.

According to the Australian Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS) website, Gutres made a speech at the United Nations headquarters of New York on the same day that the world's largest energy company's overall profit in the first quarter of 2022 was nearly $ 100 billion.

In the speech, the special oil companies mentioned by Gutres include: Ex Mobil, Chevron Corporation, Shell Group, London, UK, and Da Dal Energy Company in France.

He said: "Petroleum and natural gas companies earn a record of creative profits from this energy crisis, but the poorest people and the community have a huge climate cost, which is immoral. This absurd greed is punishing The poorest and most vulnerable crowd, at the same time destroying our only common homeland. "

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