埃尼集团宣布二季度40亿美元减值损失

    中国石化新闻网讯 据7月7日Offshore Energy消息：由于能源价格前景走低，意大利石油巨头埃尼集团预计将报告约35亿欧元（约合39.6亿美元）的减值。

    埃尼集团周一表示，将下调石油和天然气价格的短期和长期预测。

    该公司假设布伦特原油的长期价格从2023年起将维持在每桶60美元的长期价格，低于先前的预测每桶70美元。对于2020-2022年，布伦特原油价格预计分别为每桶40、48和55美元，而之前的假设是每桶45、55和70美元。

    埃尼补充称，该公司仍在进行减值评估，估计数字可能会上下波动约20%。

    在预计为31.6亿美元的税前减损支出中，这家意大利公司预计上游资产减记约22.6亿美元，炼油业务减记约9亿美元。估算还包括约7.9亿美元的税收抵免。

    预计减值损失金额将记录在2020年7月30日公布的埃尼集团2020年第二季度合并业绩中。

    埃尼集团表示，与疫情蔓延相关的市场发展，使该公司稳健的战略路径和长期选择更加引人注目。即该策略的独特之处在于，到2050年将公司所有产品的绝对减排目标定为80％。远高于国际能源机构在可持续发展设想中所设定的70%的门槛。

    埃尼首席执行官克劳迪奥·笛卡尔齐表示:“尽管疫情对全球经济和公司产生了持久影响，但我们确定了成为脱碳进程领导者的战略。“

    我们正在评估如何加快计划。持续发展将使公司实现更平衡的投资组合，减少对油气价格波动的风险，同时向可持续发展和盈利的目标迈进。

    埃尼集团并不是第一家宣布减值的大型企业。由于油价暴跌和疫情的双重打击，BP预计在2020年第二季度资产价值将大幅下降。

    据BP称，第二季度的非现金减损支出和冲销总额估计在税后130亿美元至175亿美元之间。

    冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

    原文如下：

    Eni to take up $4 billion impairment hit due to lower oil price outlook

    Italian oil major Eni is expecting to report impairments of around 3.5 billion euros (cca. $3.96 billion) as a result of a lower outlook for energy prices.

    Eni said on Monday that it was cutting its forecasts for oil and gas prices, both in the short and long term.

    The company is assuming that the long-term price for Brent would stand at a long-term price $60 a barrel from 2023 onwards, down from a previous forecast of $70.

    For the years 2020-2022, Brent prices are expected respectively at $40, 48, and 55 per barrel, compared to the previous assumptions of $45, 55, and 70 per barrel

    Eni added that it was still working on its assessment of the impairments and that the estimate might vary by around 20 per cent, up or down.

    Of the pre-tax impairment charges estimated at $3.16 billion, the Italian firm expects write-downs of about $2.26 billion related to its upstream assets and around $900 million in its refining operations. The estimate also includes devaluation of tax credits of around $790 million.

    The amount of the estimated impairment losses are expected to be recorded in Eni’s consolidated results for the second-quarter 2020 due to be released on 30 July 2020.

    Eni added on Monday that the market developments linked to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic made the robustness of the company’s strategic path and its long-term choices even more compelling.

    Namely, the distinctive element of this strategy is the fixed 2050 absolute emissions reduction target of 80 per cent covering all of the company’s products.

    This is well above the 70 per cent threshold indicated by the IEA in the Sustainable Development Scenario that tracks the reduction of emissions compatible with the Paris Agreement.

    Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s CEO, said: “We confirm our strategy to become a leader in the decarbonization process, notwithstanding the enduring impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and the company.

    “We are assessing how to speed up our plans. This ongoing evolution will allow the company to achieve a better-balanced portfolio, reducing the exposure to the volatility of hydrocarbon prices, while progressing towards our targets of sustainability and profitability.

    “Our changed long-term assumptions reached four months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect our current expectations about future prices and will be incorporated in our processes of capital allocation”.

    Eni is not the first major company to announce such an impairment hit. Namely, BP is also expecting massive reductions to asset values during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the combined hit of the oil price plunge and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    According to BP, non-cash impairment charges and write-offs in the second quarter are estimated to be in an aggregate range of $13 billion to $17.5 billion post-tax.