石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社8月23日墨尔本报道，澳大利亚第二大独立天然气生产商桑托斯有限公司(Santos Ltd.)周四报告称，该公司上半年基本利润增长近一倍，并在债务削减后恢复了股息。 这一转变是在桑托斯同意以至少21.5亿美元的价格购买象限能源公司（Quadrant Energy）的第二天发生的，该公司在西澳大利亚扩张业务，并在拒绝了私人股本支持的美国海港能源公司(Harbour Energy)108亿美元的收购要约仅仅三个月后，新发现了潜在的大量石油。 桑托斯的股价上涨了10%，达到4年半以来的最高水平，分析师对此表示赞同。 截至6月30日的上半财年基本利润从去年同期的1.09亿美元增至2.17亿美元，超过了加拿大皇家银行（RBC）1.89亿美元的预期（即使上半年的产量受到了巴布亚新几内亚液化天然气（LNG）厂因地震、停电而导致损失）。 桑托斯宣布的中期股息为每股0.035美元。 2016年，该公司暂停了派息，将现金转用于偿还债务。就在油价暴跌之际，格拉德斯通（Gladstone）液化天然气项目的建设达到顶峰。 桑托斯今年上半年将净债务削减至24.4亿美元，并表示，由于大幅削减成本以及石油和天然气价格反弹，该公司有望在2018年底前将净债务削减至20亿美元以下。 该公司表示，由于库珀盆地资产产量不断增长，预计2018年的石油产量仍将达到5500-5800万桶（mmboe），并维持7200-7600万桶（mmboe）的销量预期。 假设油价为每桶65美元，预计收购象限能源公司将在2019年使桑托斯的自由现金流增加17%左右。 桑托斯表示，西澳大利亚国内市场最大的天然气供应商“象限能源”提供的现金，将有助于为澳大利亚北部和巴布亚新几内亚的扩张提供资金，并为这笔交易支付12亿美元的债务。 詹晓晶摘自路透社 原文如下: Australia’s Santos revives dividend, shares soar on Quadrant acquisition Santos Ltd, Australia’s second-largest independent gas producer, reported on Thursday a near doubling in first-half underlying profit and revived its dividend after slashing debt. The turnaround came a day after Santos agreed to buy Quadrant Energy for at least $2.15 billion, expanding in Western Australia and grabbing a potentially big new oil find just three months after rejecting a $10.8 billion takeover offer from private equity-backed Harbour Energy. Santos shares jumped as much as 10 percent to a 4-1/2 year high on the results and the Quadrant deal, which analysts applauded. Underlying profit for the half-year ended June 30 rose to $217 million from $109 million a year earlier, beating an RBC forecast of $189 million, even after first half output was hit by an outage at the Papua New Guinea LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant after an earthquake. Santos declared an interim dividend of $0.035 a share. It suspended dividends in 2016, diverting cash to pay down debt which peaked for the construction of its Gladstone LNG project just as oil prices collapsed. Santos cut net debt to $2.44 billion in the first half, and said it was on course to reduce net debt to below $2 billion before the end of 2018, thanks to sharp cost-cutting and a rebound in oil and gas prices. The company said it still expected 2018 production of 55-58 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) on growing output from its Cooper Basin assets, and maintained its sales volume guidance of 72-76 mmboe. The Quadrant acquisition is expected to boost Santos’ free cash flow by around 17 percent in 2019, assuming oil prices of $65 a barrel. Santos said the cash generated from Quadrant, the biggest gas supplier to the domestic market in Western Australia, will help fund expansions in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea and service the $1.2 billion in debt it is taking on for the deal.
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