中国石化新闻网讯 据OE网站2月8日报道，挪威能源巨头Equinor周三公布，2022年调整后营业利润达到创纪录的749亿美元，是此前创纪录的两倍多，由于油价飙升及第四季度业绩超出分析师预期。
这家石油和天然气生产商10月至12月调整后的税前和利息收入从一年前的150亿美元增至151亿美元，超过Equinor对25位分析师进行调查时预测的144亿美元。
2022年的净利润达到了287亿美元，高于一年前同期的86亿美元，加入了埃克森美孚、壳牌和英国石油等公布了创纪录利润的全球油气巨头的行列。
去年，欧洲天然气价格达到历史新高，这家国有公司成为欧洲最大的天然气供应商。
然而，天然气价格在新的一年里大幅下跌，Equinor在奥斯陆上市的股票今年迄今已下跌15%，表现逊于欧洲石油股票1%的涨幅。
该公司首席执行官安德斯·奥佩达尔(Anders Opedal)在一份声明中表示，在强劲的盈利、前景和资产负债表的支持下，我们将加大资本分配力度，预计2023年将达到170亿美元。
Equinor上调了季度常规股息，并表示预计在本十年的剩余时间里，每年税后运营现金流将达到200亿美元左右。
Equinor表示，其将定期支付每股0.30美元的季度股息，高于此前的0.20美元，并连续四个季度额外支付每股0.60美元的特别股息，今年的股息总额约为110亿美元。
董事会重申了每年12亿美元的定期股票回购计划，并表示将在2023年进行48亿美元的特别回购，共计60亿美元。
该公司表示，2022年，Equinor的石油和天然气总产量同比下降2%，至204万桶油当量/日，但预计2023年将增长3%。并补充道，挪威气田的天然气产量同比增长8%，因为该公司专注于弥补欧洲供应的减少，而石油产量下降了6%。
2008年Equinor调整后的盈利达到创纪录的362亿美元，当时北海石油价格升至创纪录高点。
大部分利润都来自石油公司税率为78%的挪威这家公司表示，预计2022年将支付创纪录的499亿美元税款。
Equinor表示，2023年的资本支出预计在100亿至110亿美元之间，与之前的计划大致一致，并将未来三年的支出预测从之前的120亿美元上调至每年130亿美元。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
Equinor Reports Record Profit for 2022
Equinor>The oil and gas producer's adjusted earnings before tax and interest for October-December rose to $15.1 billion from $15 billion a year earlier, beating the $14.4 billion predicted in a poll of 25 analysts compiled by Equinor.
Net profit for the year amounted to $28.7 billion, up from $8.6 billion a year earlier, joining global oil and gas majors such as ExxonMobil, Shell and BP in reporting record bottom lines.
The majority state-owned company last year became Europe's largest supplier of natural gas.
Gas prices have tumbled in the new year, however, and Equinor's Oslo-listed stocks have fallen 15% year-to-date, underperforming a 1% rise in European petroleum stocks.
"On the back of strong earnings, outlook, and balance sheet, we step up capital distribution to (an) expected $17 billion in 2023," Chief Executive Anders Opedal said in a statement.
Equinor raised its regular quarterly dividend and said it expects to see an annual cash flow from operations after tax of around $20 billion per year for the rest of this decade.
Equinor said it would pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, up from $0.20, and make an additional, extraordinary payment of $0.60 per share for four consecutive quarters, totalling about $11 billion in dividends this year.
The board reaffirmed a regular share buyback plan of $1.2 billion per year and said it would make an extraordinary buyback in 2023 of $4.8 billion, for a total of $6 billion.
Equinor's overall oil and gas production fell by 2% year-on-year to 2.04 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in 2022 but is expected to grow by 3% in 2023, the company said.
Gas output from its Norwegian fields was up by 8% year-on-year as the company focused>Equinor's previous adjusted earnings record amounted to $36.2 billion in 2008, when the price of North Sea oil rose to record highs.
The Norwegian company, which makes most of its profit in its home country where oil firms are subject to a tax rate of 78%, said it expected to pay a record $49.9 billion in taxes for 2022.
Equinor said capital spending for 2023 is expected at between $10 billion-$11 billion, broadly in line with a previous plan, and raised the spending projection for the next three years to $13 billion per year from $12 billion seen before.
