Aker BP第三季度利润猛增

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程网站10月28消息 挪威Aker BP周四表示，由于强劲的石油和天然气价格，第三季度利润飙升，该公司将增加派息。

　　7-9月的息税前利润（EBIT）从一年前的2.42增加到8.49亿美元，低于分析师在Refinitiv民意调查中预期的8.68亿美元。

　　Aker BP首席执行官Karl Johnny Hersvik表示，不断上升的现金流使公司处于历史上强劲的财务状况。

　　他表示：“这不仅使我们在实现增长雄心方面处于有利地位，还为提高股息水平留下了空间。”

　　该公司由挪威亿万富翁Kjell Inge Roekke控股，部分股权归BP所有。该公司将季度股息从每股0.3124美元增至0.4165美元，使年度派息从之前的4.5亿美元增至6亿美元。

　　经纪人DNB Markets表示，预计2022年的股息为7亿美元。

　　“如果公司把今天宣布的水平保持在2022年，我们会认为这是一个小小的负面效应，”DNB在一封客户的信中写道。

　　该公司继续完善其项目组合，包括选择开发概念的北海诺亚卡项目，将其总储量估计从之前的超过5亿桶油当量增加到约6亿桶油当量。

　　吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

　　原文如下：

　　Aker BP Raises Dividend as Q3 Profit Jumps on Strong Oil, Gas Prices

　　Norway's Aker BP said on Thursday it would increase its dividend payout as third-quarter profits soared on the back of strong oil and gas prices.

　　Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for July-September rose to $849 million from $242 million a year ago, lagging the $868 million expected by analysts in a Refinitiv poll.

　　Rising cashflows put the company in a "historically strong" financial position, Aker BP's Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said.

　　"This not only puts us in a favorable position towards piling on our growth ambitions, but also leaves headroom for increasing the dividend level," he said.

　　The company, controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke and partly owned by BP, increased its quarterly dividend to $0.4165 per share from $0.3124, lifting annualized payouts to $600 million from $450 million previously.

　　Brokers DNB Markets said it had expected 2022 dividends of $700 million.

　　"If the company keeps the announced level today through 2022, we would consider it a small negative," DNB wrote in a note to clients.

　　The company continued maturing its project portfolio, including the NOAKA project in the North Sea where the development concept has been selected, increasing its gross reserves estimate to about 600 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) from "more than" 500 million boe previously.

　　The project consists of a cluster of oil and gas discoveries with Aker BP operating North of Alvheim and Fulla (NOA Fulla) and Equinor operating Krafla.

　　The partners, who include Polish Lotos, plan to make the final investment decision at the end of 2022.

　　Hersvik said the company saw further "significant" upsides in NOAKA reserves, and was planning to invest in more wells than needed to produce the estimated 600 million boe.

　　The increase in reserves estimates and a decision to lay a submarine cable to supply offshore platforms with electricity also led to the project's costs increasing to $10 billion from more than $6 billion previously, he added.​