据国外媒体11月2日报道,由于一些公司因原油价格持续低迷维持在每桶50美元左右放弃不必要或不赚钱的合资企业,世界石油工业巨头们第三季度的收入纷纷急剧下降。
在过去一年里,石油公司一直在努力调整到因美国、俄罗斯和中东原油供应量超过全球需求量而引起的较低原油价格。在9月份,俄罗斯财政部长安东·西卢阿诺夫曾断言,全球石油价格可能再也不会达到每桶100美元。
荷兰皇家壳牌公司10月29日在一份声明中说,在作出放弃勘探北极石油和开发加拿大油砂的决定以后,该公司第三季度从去年同期盈利53亿美元跌至亏损61亿美元。
法国石油巨头道达尔公司说,由于减记了加拿大油砂合资企业的6.5亿美元,该公司第三季度的净利润比去年同期大幅减少了69%。
中国最大的油气生产公司中国石油天然气股份有限公司日前说,该公司第三季度净利润同比大幅减少了80%。
意大利最大的能源生产公司埃尼公司第三季度亏损了9.52亿美元并出售了其麾下的油田服务子公司塞班的12.5%股份。
总部设在美国的大陆菲利普斯公司(康菲公司)日前公布的统计数据显示,其第三季度亏损11亿美元并宣布了新的削减开支计划。
10月28日,加拿大森科尔能源公司宣布其第三季度净亏损3.76亿美元,而去年同期该公司则盈利9.19亿美元。
10月下旬,英国石油公司在一份声明中说,由于收入下降,该公司决定把第三季度的资本支出从去年同期的53亿美元大幅削减到43亿美元,而挪威国家石油公司则把其投资计划削减了10亿美元。
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原文如下:
Oil Industry Reports Sharp Earnings Decline Amid Sustained Crude Price Drop
World Petroleum News
02.11.2015
Oil industry giants worldwide posted Thursday sharp income declines in the third quarter of 2015, as some give up unnecessary or unprofitable ventures because crude prices currently stand at around $50 a barrel.
In the past year, oil companies have been struggling to adjust to lower crude prices, triggered by increasing supplies of US, Russian and Middle Eastern oil, outstripping global demand. In late September, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov asserted that global oil prices may never again top $100 per barrel.
The Royal Dutch Shell PLC said in a statement Thursday it lost $6.1 billion in the third quarter, compared with a $5.3 billion profit last year, after a decision to abandon exploration of the Arctic for oil and exploiting Canada’s oil sands.
Total SA, the French oil giant, said its net profit fell 69 percent compared with last year’s third quarter, partly the result of a $650 million write-down in Canada oil-sands ventures.
Petro China Co., the biggest oil-and-gas producer in China, said its third-quarter net profit fell by over 80 percent.
Eni, Italy’s largest energy producer, experienced a loss of 952 million euros ($1 billion) in the third quarter and sold 12.5 percent of its oil-field services company Saipem, after Eni’s gas and power unit reported that the losses and higher taxes hurt exploration and production.
US-based ConocoPhillips on Thursday reported a loss of $1.1 billion and announced new spending cuts.
On Wednesday, Canada’s Suncor Energy Inc. posted a third-quarter net loss of $376 million, a sharp reversal from a $919-million profit from the same period in 2014.
Earlier in the week, British Petroleum (BP) said in a statement that it cut capital spending for the third quarter to $4.3 billion from $5.3 billion in the same period last year, while Statoil cut $1 billion from its investment plans.