據油氣新聞網7月26日報道，隨著油氣價格下跌，挪威國家石油公司(Equinor)第二季度核心利潤同比下降57%，與預期相符，但該公司維持了股息和股票回購水平。

這家挪威能源集團今年4月至6月的息稅前調整收益從去年同期的176億美元降至75.4億美元，與Equinor對21位分析師進行的民意調查預測的76.4億美元基本一致。

Equinor首席執行官Anders Opedal在一份聲明中表示，受經濟復蘇和能源價格從去年的高企水平回落下降的影響，Equinor在本季度實現了穩健的盈利。

他補充道，Equinor維持其計劃，今年將以110億美元的股息支付和60億美元的股票回購的形式向股東分配170億美元。

歐洲最大的天然氣供應商Equinor是歐洲大陸第一家公布2023年第二季度業績的大型能源集團。

去年，由于地緣政治沖突導致供應中斷，油氣價格飆升，但此后，隨著全球經濟逆風緩解了對供應短缺的擔憂，能源成本有所下降。

作為挪威國有企業的Equinor第二季度的營業利潤也低于第一季度的120億美元。

二季度Equinor的石油和天然氣總產量同比增長1%，達到每天199萬桶油當量，受歐洲最大的生產實體Johan Sverdrup油田產量增加的推動，該公司維持了2023年預期全年產量增長3%的目標。

該公司重申其預測，今年的資本支出在100億至110億美元之間，從2024年至2026年每年約130億美元。

年初至今，由于天然氣價格暴跌，Equinor在奧斯陸上市的股票已下跌10%，表現遜于歐洲石油公司股票0.4%的跌幅。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

原文如下:

Equinor Q2 profit down 57pc as O&G prices fall

Equinor posted a 57 per cent year-on-year decline in second quarter core profit, in line with expectations as oil and gas prices fell, while maintaining its dividend and share buyback levels.

The Norwegian energy group's adjusted earnings before interest and tax for April-June fell to $7.54 billion from $17.6 billion a year earlier, broadly in line with the $7.64 billion predicted in a poll of 21 analysts compiled by Equinor.

"Equinor delivered solid earnings in a quarter affected by turnarounds and energy prices down from the extraordinary levels last year," CEO Anders Opedal said in a statement.

Equinor maintained its plan to distribute $17 billion to shareholders this year in the form of $11 billion in dividend payments and $6 billion in share buybacks, he added.

Equinor, Europe's largest supplier of natural gas, is the continent's first major energy group to report results for the second quarter of 2023.

Oil and gas prices soared last year as the war led to supply disruptions but the cost of energy has since fallen as fears of shortages eased amid global economic headwinds.

Majority state-owned Equinor's operating profit was also down from $12.0 billion in the first quarter.

Equinor's overall oil and gas production rose 1 per cent year-on-year to 1.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) and the company maintained its full-year production growth target of 3 per cent for the year, boosted by a bump in output from the Johan Sverdrup oilfield, Europe's biggest producing entity.

The company reiterated its forecasts for capital expenditure of between $10 billion and $11 billion this year and about $13 billion each year from 2024 to 2026.

Equinor's Oslo-listed stocks have fallen 10 per cent year-to-date as gas prices tumbled, underperforming a 0.4 per cent drop in European petroleum company stocks.