石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社8月23日墨爾本報道，澳大利亞第二大獨立天然氣生產商桑托斯有限公司(Santos Ltd.)周四報告稱，該公司上半年基本利潤增長近一倍，并在債務削減后恢復了股息。 這一轉變是在桑托斯同意以至少21.5億美元的價格購買象限能源公司（Quadrant Energy）的第二天發生的，該公司在西澳大利亞擴張業務，并在拒絕了私人股本支持的美國海港能源公司(Harbour Energy)108億美元的收購要約僅僅三個月后，新發現了潛在的大量石油。 桑托斯的股價上漲了10%，達到4年半以來的最高水平，分析師對此表示贊同。 截至6月30日的上半財年基本利潤從去年同期的1.09億美元增至2.17億美元，超過了加拿大皇家銀行（RBC）1.89億美元的預期（即使上半年的產量受到了巴布亞新幾內亞液化天然氣（LNG）廠因地震、停電而導致損失）。 桑托斯宣布的中期股息為每股0.035美元。 2016年，該公司暫停了派息，將現金轉用于償還債務。就在油價暴跌之際，格拉德斯通（Gladstone）液化天然氣項目的建設達到頂峰。 桑托斯今年上半年將凈債務削減至24.4億美元，并表示，由于大幅削減成本以及石油和天然氣價格反彈，該公司有望在2018年底前將凈債務削減至20億美元以下。 該公司表示，由于庫珀盆地資產產量不斷增長，預計2018年的石油產量仍將達到5500-5800萬桶（mmboe），并維持7200-7600萬桶（mmboe）的銷量預期。 假設油價為每桶65美元，預計收購象限能源公司將在2019年使桑托斯的自由現金流增加17%左右。 桑托斯表示，西澳大利亞國內市場最大的天然氣供應商“象限能源”提供的現金，將有助于為澳大利亞北部和巴布亞新幾內亞的擴張提供資金，并為這筆交易支付12億美元的債務。 詹曉晶摘自路透社 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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