据8月2日National News报道，受油价上涨和今年全球经济全面复苏的影响，英国石油(BP)第二季度扭亏为盈，盈利31亿美元，而去年同期亏损168亿美元。
英国石油将派息提高4%，还将启动一项14亿美元的股票回购计划。而在去年，该公司大幅削减了对股东的派息。
周二公布业绩后，该公司股价上涨2.5%。
今年，英国石油扭亏为盈，一季度实现了46亿美元的强劲利润，使其上半年整体净利润达到77亿美元，而去年同期为亏损212亿美元。
由于新冠肺炎疫情导致需求减少，去年上半年亏损增加，迫使这家总部位于英国的公司削减了股息。BP首席伯纳德·鲁尼表示，“基于我们业务的基本表现、环境前景的改善以及对我们资产负债表的信心，我们将把每股普通股的弹性股息提高4%，此外，我们还将开始从上半年的盈余现金流中回购14亿美元的股票。平均而言，在每桶60美元左右的水平上，我们预计，到2025年，我们每季度能够进行约10亿美元的回购，并有能力将每股股息每年增加约4%。”
英国石油并不是唯一一家在原油大宗商品价格有利环境下开始回购股票的大型石油公司。雪佛龙上周五表示，将在本季度开始股票回购，每年回购20亿至30亿美元。荷兰皇家壳牌(Royal Dutch Shell)和道达尔能源(Total energy)等其他能源公司也恢复了股票回购。
自今年初以来，油价已上涨约50%，提振了大型石油公司的盈利能力。在疫情爆发之后，英国石油公司开始对其业务方式进行重大改革。
该公司计划到2050年，在其所有业务中实现净零碳排放。去年，该公司将其石油和天然气业务价值减记175亿美元，因为该公司降低了至2050年的石油价格预期。
今年第三季度，英国石油将继续其撤资计划。去年，这家石油公司将其化工业务以50亿美元的价格出售给了英力士(Ineos)。
该公司在向股市披露的信息中表示，“我们预计，在2021年后期，今年的撤资和其他收益将达到50亿至60亿美元。我们的目标是在2020年下半年至2025年期间撤资250亿美元，目前已达成或已完成的交易约为149亿美元，收益逾100亿美元。”
王佳晶 摘译自 National News
原文如下：
BP swings to $3.1bn profit in second quarter amid higher oil prices
Oil company BP swung to profit in the second quarter amid higher oil prices and a broader recovery in the global economy this year, after posting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The company earned $3.1 billion in the three months to the end of June, compared with a $16.8bn loss in the same period a year ago.
BP is raising its dividend by 4 per cent, after slashing payouts to shareholders last year. It will also begin a $1.4bn share buyback programme.
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Losses in the first half of last year increased amid a crunch in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing the UK-based company to slash its dividend payouts.
"based align="justify"> "On average, at around $60 per barrel, we expect to be able to deliver buybacks of around $1bn per quarter and to have capacity for an annual increase in the dividend per ordinary share of around 4 per cent, through 2025."
BP is not the align="justify"> Chevron said align="justify"> Oil prices have risen by about 50 per cent since the start of the year, boosting the profitability of big oil companies.
BP has embarked align="justify"> It plans to reach net zero carbon emissions across all its operations align="justify"> In the third quarter, BP will continue with its divestment programme, which last year resulted in the oil company selling its chemicals business to Ineos for $5bn.
"We continue to expect divestment and other proceeds for the year to reach $5bn to $6bn during the latter stages of 2021," the company said in a disclosure to the stock market.
"As a result of the first half-year divestments, our target of $25bn of divestment and other proceeds between the second half of 2020 and 2025 is now underpinned by agreed or completed transactions of around $14.9bn, with over $10bn of proceeds received."
