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| 2020-08-20 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据天然气加工网站8月17日报道 Viva能源集团表示，希望在今年年底前启动澳大利亚首个天然气进口终端的初步设计工作，因为该集团正致力于从炼油市场多元化经营，预计这一市场仍将困难重重。 这家澳大利亚第二大炼油厂的老板曾在6月份表示，希望在维多利亚州吉隆炼油厂实现盈利多元化，从液化天然气进口终端开始。 首席执行官斯科特•怀亚特在一份声明中承认，到目前为止，炼油业务在整个2020年都非常具有挑战性，并警告称，在今年剩余时间和2021年，利润率仍将不确定且具有挑战性。 怀亚特补充称，炼油业务的经营亏损不可持续，Viva正在不断评估这部分业务的短期和长期可行性。 在他发表上述言论之际，Viva报告称，由于冠状病毒危机，燃料需求受到重创，上半年按重置成本计算的集团基本税后净利润下滑近33%，至3430万澳元（2460万美元）。 该公司还确认，有意将出售Waypoint REIT权益所得的所有剩余收益返还给股东，包括资本回报和价值5.3亿澳元的特别股息。（1美元=1.3930澳元） 王磊 摘译自 天然气加工 原文如下： Australia's Viva Energy aims to begin designing LNG terminal by year Viva Energy Group said it hoped to start preliminary design work on Australia’s first gas import terminal before the end of this year as it worked to diversify away from a refining market that it expected to remain difficult. The owner of Australia’s second-largest refinery had said in June it wanted to diversify earnings at its Geelong refinery site in Victoria, beginning with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Chief Executive Scott Wyatt acknowledged in a statement that the refining business had been very challenging throughout 2020 so far and warned that margins would remain “uncertain and challenging” over the remainder of the year and 2021. Wyatt added that operating losses in the refining business were “unsustainable” and that Viva was continually assessing the short- and long-term viability of this part of the business. His comments came as Viva reported a near 33% slump in first-half underlying net profit after tax on a replacement cost basis to A$34.3 million ($24.6 million), as fuel demand was battered due to the coronavirus crisis. The company also confirmed its intention to return all remaining proceeds from the divestment of its interest in Waypoint REIT to shareholders, including a capital return and special dividend worth A$530 million. ($1 = 1.3930 Australian dollars) |
