据天然气加工新闻网米兰报道，受天然气价格上涨提振，意大利能源巨头埃尼公司今年第三季度利润超出预期，其第三季度利润跃升至疫情爆发之前的水平，这可能会在未来几个月里进一步提振盈利。
埃尼公司为此上调了今年的营业现金指导，并在10月29日表示，埃尼公司第三季度经调整后的净利润为14.3亿欧元(17亿美元)，高于去年同期的1.53亿欧元亏损，高于市场普遍预期的10.8亿欧元。 最近几个月，天然气价格飙升，原因是紧张的供应品满足了从疫情中复苏的经济体的强劲需求，这提振了许多能源公司的利润。
埃尼公司表示，其全球天然气和液化天然气投资组合(GGP)的调整后运营利润在第三季度比第二季度翻了一番，达到了5000万欧元，并预计今年将达到5亿欧元。 埃尼公司表示，在市场持续动荡和吃紧的情况下，这一指导可能会向上修正。
米兰经纪商Equita表示，“我们认为优于预期的业绩和改善的前景对预估和股价均有积极的影响。”
10月29日格林尼治时间10：35，埃尼公司股价上涨了1.90%，欧洲石油和天然气指数上涨了0.08%。 营运现金流(未计入重置成本的营运资本变动)上涨了88%至33亿欧元，使埃尼公司公司将年度指导从此前预计的逾100亿欧元上调至逾120亿欧元。
埃尼公司首席执行官克劳迪奥 德斯卡尔西表示，今年前9个月埃尼公司的现金收入，加上成本管理，“超过了2021年的股息和回购总额。”
埃尼公司还对今年的上游业务前景表示乐观。埃尼公司第二季度油气产量增长6%，达到168.8万桶/天，预计今年最后三个月将达到176万桶/天。 埃尼公司推出了业内最雄心勃勃的清洁能源战略之一，承诺到2050年前实现碳中和，并在2025年逐步停止石油生产的同时转向清洁能源。埃尼公司最近成立了一个新部门，包括可再生能源和零售业务，并计划将这个新部门的少数股权上市，以帮助为其绿色业务筹集资金。
10月22日，埃尼公司表示，预计到今年年底，其可再生能源装机容量或在建装机容量将达到2吉瓦，而去年这一数字还不到1吉瓦。埃尼公司的目标是到2030年实现15吉瓦的可再生能源产能。
李峻 编译自 天然气加工新闻网
原文如下：
Rising gas prices lift Eni profits back to pre-COVID levels
Italian energy group Eni beat expectations with third-quarter profit which jumped back to pre-COVID levels, boosted by higher gas prices that could give an additional lift to earnings in coming months.
The group, which lifted operating cash guidance for the year, said align="justify"> Eni said adjusted operating profit for its Global Gas & LNG Portfolio (GGP) doubled in the third quarter from the second to 50 MM euros, adding it expected to reach 500 MM euros for the year. This guidance could be possibly revised upward under sustained volatile and tight market conditions, it said.
"We believe the better than expected results and improved outlook have positive implications for estimates and the stock," Milan-based broker Equita said.
At 1035 GMT Eni shares were up 1.90% while the European oil and gas index was up 0.08%. Cash flow from operations, before changes in working capital at replacement cost, jumped 88% to 3.3 B euros, allowing the company to raise guidance to more than 12 B euros for the year, from a previous estimate of more than 10 B.
Cash generation in the first nine months, together with cost management, "more than covers the overall 2021 dividend and buyback," CEO Claudio Descalzi said.
Eni also painted an upbeat outlook for the upstream business this year.
Oil and gas production grew 6% align="justify"> On Friday it said it expected to have 2 GW of renewable energy capacity installed or under construction by the end of this year compared with less than 1 GW last year. The company is targeting renewable capacity of 15 GW in 2030.
