据能源之声网站2月4日报道 随着石油需求和价格从疫情引发的崩溃中恢复，康菲石油公司迎来了自2013年以来利润最高的一年。
这家休斯敦独立石油巨头周四报告称，2021年利润为81亿美元，而2020年亏损27亿美元，2019年利润为72亿美元。去年的收入为170亿美元，2020年为193亿美元，2019年为367亿美元。
首席执行官Ryan Lance称2021年为“变革年”，该公司收购了康乔资源和壳牌二叠纪资产，同时通过分红和股票回购仍将60亿美元返还给股东。该公司周四宣布计划将今年的股东回报提高10亿美元，使2022年的总额达到80亿美元，比去年增长30%以上。
Ryan Lance表示：“这对公司来说是不平凡的一年，我为我们的员工感到无比自豪。”
石油公司从一代人最严重的石油危机中恢复过来，重新获得巨额利润。去年，冠状病毒疫苗的推出解除了对商务和旅行的限制，提高了对汽油和航空燃料等原油和石油产品的需求。美国原油基准西得克萨斯中质原油周四上午的交易价格约为87.10美元，较周三下跌1.16美元，但高于一年前的每桶48美元左右。
康菲石油公司已连续四个季度盈利，截至12月31日的三个月盈利26亿美元，而去年同期亏损8亿美元。第四季度收入从去年同期的60亿美元略降至59亿美元。
尽管在疫情期间，康菲石油大举收购对手康乔并以200亿美元收购壳牌旗下庞大的二叠纪资产，但它还是成功地提高了利润率。这些交易使这家石油巨头在美国产量最高的二叠纪盆地拥有第二大地位。
王磊 摘译自 能源之声
原文如下：
ConocoPhillips posts $8.1bn profit last year, highest since 2013
ConocoPhillips had its most profitable year since 2013 as oil demand and prices recovered from the pandemic-driven crash.
The Houston independent oil giant on Thursday reported a $8.1 billion profit in 2021, compared with a loss of $2.7 billion in 2020 and a profit of $7.2 billion in 2019. Annual revenue last year fell to $17 billion, from $19.3 billion in 2020 and $36.7 billion in 2019.
CEO Ryan Lance called 2021 a “transformative year” for the company, which acquired Concho Resources and Shell’s Permian assets while still returning $6 billion to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks. The company on Thursday announced plans to increase shareholder returns this year by $1 billion, bringing the 2022 total to $8 billion, up more than 30 percent from last year.
“It has been a remarkable year for the company, and I could not be more proud of our employees,” Lance said.
Big Oil is back to turning big profits, recovering from the worst oil bust in a generation. The rollout of coronavirus vaccines last year lifted restrictions on business and travel, raising demand for crude and petroleum products such as gasoline and jet fuel. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. crude benchmark, was trading around $87.10 on Thursday morning, down $1.16 from Wednesday but up from around $48 a barrel a year ago.
Conoco has reported four consecutive profitable quarters, reporting earnings of $2.6 billion in the three months ended Dec. 31 compared with a loss of $800 million during the same period a year earlier. Fourth-quarter revenue fell slightly to $5.9 billion from $6 billion a year earlier.
Conoco managed to improve profit margins even as it went on a buying spree during the pandemic, gobbling up rival Concho and acquiring Shell’s vast Permian assets for $20 billion. The deals gave the oil giant the second largest position in the Permian Basin, the nation’s most productive oil field.
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