据离岸工程网站2月9日消息 由于石油和天然气价格飙升，挪威Equinor公司第四季度税前利润创下纪录，与欧洲同行一起提高了股东支出。
调整后的税前利润从去年同期的7.56亿美元增至第四季度季度的150亿美元，超过了Equinor对23名分析师进行的民意调查预测的132亿美元。
首席执行官安德斯·欧佩达尔周三表示，由于持续改进和资本纪律，Equinor去年享有250亿美元的自由现金流。
他在一份声明中表示：“我们正在以优异的性能和更高的产量从高价格的天然气和石油中获取价值。”
去年，随着市场克服了疫情导致的暴跌，石油和天然气行业出现了重大转机，欧洲天然气价格在1月至12月期间翻了四番，北海原油上涨了50%以上。
Equinor表示，将支付每股0.20美元的季度股息，高于第三季度的每股0.18美元，并将在四个季度内支付额外非常股息0.20美元。
该公司还计划将其2022年的股票回购从2021年的13亿美元增至50亿美元，高于之前12亿美元的计划。
最近几天，欧洲石油行业的同行公布了飙升的利润，bp承诺增加股票回购，壳牌公司表示将提高股息和股票购买。
Equinor第四季度的石油产量为216万桶油当量/天，比2020年同期增长6%。
该公司预计2022年其石油和天然气产量将增长2%。
该公司还表示，将在未来十年强化其气候雄心，到2030年，将其业务（直接和间接）的温室气体净排放量减少50%。
欧佩达尔表示：“新的雄心符合巴黎协议和将全球变暖限制在1.5摄氏度的途径。这是一个重要的步骤，需要付出巨大的努力。”
过去12个月，Equinor的股价上涨了63%，是欧洲石油和天然气指数涨幅的两倍多。
周三，Equinor还更新了其资本支出前景，预计2022年资本支出将从之前的90-100亿美元增至100亿美元。2023年的资本支出从120亿美元削减至100亿美元。
该公司的资本支出将在2024年达到120亿美元，与之前的预测一致，并在2025年保持在这个水平。
吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
Equinor Posts Record Q4 Results
Norway's Equinor joined European peers in hiking shareholder payouts after posting record pretax profits for the fourth quarter due to a boom in oil and gas prices.
Adjusted earnings before tax rose to $15.0 billion in the October-December quarter from $756 million in the same period a year ago, exceeding the $13.2 billion predicted in a poll of 23 analysts compiled by Equinor.
CEO Anders Opedal said on Wednesday Equinor enjoyed a free cash flow of $25 billion last year as a result of "continued improvements and capital discipline".
"We are capturing value from high prices for gas and liquids with excellent performance and increased production," he said a in statement.
The oil and gas industry saw a massive turnaround last year as markets overcame the pandemic-driven slump of 2020, with the price of European natural gas quadrupling between January and December while North Sea crude rose more than 50%.
Majority state-owned Equinor said it would pay a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, up from $0.18 per share paid in the third quarter, and will pay an additional extraordinary dividend of $0.20 for a period of four quarters.
The company also plans to increase its share buybacks in 2022 to $5 billion from $1.3 billion in 2021, and up from the previous plan of $1.2 billion.
European oil industry peers have posted soaring profits in recent days, with BP promising to increase its share buybacks and Shell saying it will raise both dividends and its stock purchases.
Equinor's quarterly petroleum production stood at 2.16 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the fourth quarter, up 6% from the same period of 2020.
The company expects its oil and gas production to grow by 2% in 2022.
The company also said it would sharpen its climate ambitions for the next decade, reducing net group-wide greenhouse gas emissions from its operations - scope 1 and scope 2 emissions - by 50% by 2030.
"The new ambition is aligned with the Paris agreement and a pathway to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius. This is a significant step that will demand a great effort," Opedal said.
Equinor's shares have risen 63% in the last 12 months, more than double the rise in the European oil and gas index.
On Wednesday, Equinor also updated its outlook for capital spending, which is now expected to be at $10 billion in 2022, up from $9-10 billion seen previously. For 2023 capital spending was cut to $10 billion from $12 billion.
The company's capital spending will amount to $12 billion in 2024, in line with its previous forecast, and to stay at that level in 2025.
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