Aker BP将在2022年钻探更多探井

据离岸工程网站2月10日消息 挪威独立石油公司Aker BP星期四表示，2021年第四季度因更高的石油价格，创下了2021年创纪录的营业利润，计划将在今年勘探更多探井。

其10月至12月的息税前利润（EBIT）从去年同期的2.78亿美元升至创纪录的12.6亿美元。

首席执行官Karl Johnny Hersvik表示，公司今年将钻探13口井，高于2021年的10口，同时继续专注于降低成本。

Hersvik向记者表示：“我们以一种相对戏剧性的方式了解到，石油和天然气价格不会受到影响，我们也不能假设它们会稳定。”

他说：“我们决不能失去理智，继续进行我们本来不会启动的项目。”

Aker BP计划将资本支出从去年的14亿美元增加到今年的16亿美元，但计划在勘探上投入4亿美元不变，尽管要钻探的油井数量有所增加。

该公司由挪威亿万富翁克杰尔·英格·罗克控股，bp拥有部分股权。该公司于12月宣布了一项140亿美元的交易，收购瑞典伦丁能源公司的石油和天然气资产。

该交易定于2022年年中完成，将使Aker BP成为挪威大陆架上仅次于国家控股的Equinor的第二大上市石油公司。

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Aker BP to Drill More Exploration Wells in 2022

Norwegian independent oil company Aker BP said on Thursday it planned to drill more exploration wells this year, after reporting a record operating profit for the final quarter of 2021 buoyed by higher petroleum prices.

Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for October-December rose to a record $1.26 billion from $278 million a year earlier.

The company will drill 13 wells this year, up from 10 in 2021, while continuing to focus on keeping costs down, Chief Executive Officer Karl Johnny Hersvik said.

"We've learned in a relatively dramatic way that oil and gas prices can't be influenced, and neither can we assume that they will be stable," Hersvik told reporters.

"We must not lose our heads and pursue projects we would not otherwise have started," he said.

Aker BP is set to increase capital spending to $1.6 billion this year from $1.4 billion last year, but plans to spend an unchanged $400 million on exploration, despite increasing the number of wells to be drilled.

The company, controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke and partly owned by BP, in December announced a $14 billion deal to acquire the oil and gas assets of Sweden's Lundin Energy.

The transaction, set to be completed by mid-2022, would make Aker BP the second-largest listed oil firm on the Norwegian continental shelf after state-controlled Equinor.