据油气新闻网7月26日报道，随着油气价格下跌，挪威国家石油公司(Equinor)第二季度核心利润同比下降57%，与预期相符，但该公司维持了股息和股票回购水平。

这家挪威能源集团今年4月至6月的息税前调整收益从去年同期的176亿美元降至75.4亿美元，与Equinor对21位分析师进行的民意调查预测的76.4亿美元基本一致。

Equinor首席执行官Anders Opedal在一份声明中表示，受经济复苏和能源价格从去年的高企水平回落下降的影响，Equinor在本季度实现了稳健的盈利。

他补充道，Equinor维持其计划，今年将以110亿美元的股息支付和60亿美元的股票回购的形式向股东分配170亿美元。

欧洲最大的天然气供应商Equinor是欧洲大陆第一家公布2023年第二季度业绩的大型能源集团。

去年，由于地缘政治冲突导致供应中断，油气价格飙升，但此后，随着全球经济逆风缓解了对供应短缺的担忧，能源成本有所下降。

作为挪威国有企业的Equinor第二季度的营业利润也低于第一季度的120亿美元。

二季度Equinor的石油和天然气总产量同比增长1%，达到每天199万桶油当量，受欧洲最大的生产实体Johan Sverdrup油田产量增加的推动，该公司维持了2023年预期全年产量增长3%的目标。

该公司重申其预测，今年的资本支出在100亿至110亿美元之间，从2024年至2026年每年约130亿美元。

年初至今，由于天然气价格暴跌，Equinor在奥斯陆上市的股票已下跌10%，表现逊于欧洲石油公司股票0.4%的跌幅。

郝芬 译自 油气新闻网

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.