中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气网2月1日消息 总部位于美国的能源公司雪佛龙(Chevron)以及澳大利亚的Gorgon和Wheatstone液化天然气项目的运营商报告称,第四季度和2018年全年利润有所增长。 第四季度,雪佛龙的利润达到37亿美元,高于2017年同期的31亿美元。 在2018年的12个月里,利润达到了148亿美元,而2017为124亿美元。 雪佛龙董事长兼首席执行官Michael Wirth表示:“收益和现金流持续增长,我们交付了所有财务优先事项。” 公司在下半年回购了公司17.5亿美元的股票。 Wirth 补充说:“我们在2018年与上游主要资本项目取得了重大成就,包括我们在澳大利亚运营的第五条液化天然气Wheatstone 2号生产线的启动。” 雪佛龙的石油当量净产量在2018年增长超过7%,达到创纪录的293万桶/天。 Wirth说:“我们预计2019年的产量将继续增长4%至7%(不包括资产销售的影响)。 2018年第四季度,美国上游业务收入为9.64亿美元,去年同期为36.9亿美元,2018年第四季度国际上游业务收入为23.3亿美元,去年同期为16.0亿美元。 美国下游业务在2018年第四季度的收入为2.56亿美元,去年同期为12.0亿美元,国际下游业务在2018年第四季度的收入为6.03亿美元,去年同期为8400万美元。 吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气 原文如下: Chevron posts rising profit Chevron, the US-based energy company and the operator of the giant Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects in Australia, Reported a rise in the fourth quarter and full-year 2018 profit. For the fourth quarter, Chevron’s profit reached $3.7 billion, up from $3.1 billion in the corresponding quarter of 2017. For the twelve months of 2018, the profit reached $14.8 billion, which compares to $12.4 billion during the year 2017. Michael Wirth, Chevron’s chairman and CEO, said, “earnings and cash flow continued to grow, and we delivered on all of our financial priorities.” The company repurchased $1.75 billion of the company’s stock, during the second half of the year. “We reached significant milestones with upstream major capital projects in 2018, including the start-up of Wheatstone Train Two, our fifth operated LNG train in Australia,” Wirth added. Chevron’s net oil-equivalent production grew more than 7 percent in 2018 to a record 2.93 million barrels per day. “We expect that 2019 production will continue to grow by 4 to 7 percent, excluding the impact of asset sales,” Wirth said. U.S. upstream operations earned $964 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with $3.69 billion a year earlier, with the international upstream operations earning $2.33 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with $1.60 billion a year ago. U.S. downstream operations earned $256 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with earnings of $1.20 billion a year earlier, with the international downstream operations earning $603 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with $84 million a year earlier.
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