据全球能源新闻2月2日消息称，英国能源巨头英国石油公司(BP)周二发布的财务业绩报告显示，受具有挑战性的价格环境与COVID-19相关的需求影响，该公司2020年亏损203亿美元，低于2019年的利润40亿美元。
尽管2020年全年亏损巨大，但该公司在2020年第四季度盈利14亿美元，而第三季度亏损5亿美元。
鉴于英国石油第二季净亏损约168亿美元，去年第一季净亏损44亿美元，该公司首席财务官Murray Auchincloss将该业绩形容为"强劲进展"。
该公司解释称，2020年全年，新型冠状病毒(COVID-19)爆发造成的成本约为4亿美元。
为了实现公司的净零排放目标，鲁尼表示，英国石油公司制定了一个新战略，成为一家综合性能源公司，并在美国建立了海上风力发电业务。
BP表示，在非欧佩克+国家有限增长的帮助下，加上欧佩克+积极的市场管理，预计到2021年，目前的高库存水平将正常化。
该公司预计2021年石油需求将出现复苏，然而，该公司表示，反弹的速度和程度将取决于政府政策和疫苗分发过程中采取的个人行动。
BP表示，自去年10月底以来，在疫苗推出计划的支持下，并且欧佩克+成员国继续进行积极的供应管理，石油价格一直在上涨。预计油价仍将受欧佩克+的决定、对管理疫苗推广和进一步病毒控制措施的信心的影响。
尽管2020年布伦特原油平均价格为每桶41.84美元，但BP表示，它估计国际基准油价在2021年至2025年期间平均将达到每桶50美元，然后在2030年至2040年期间升至每桶60美元，然后在2050年再次跌至每桶50美元。
该公司表示：“BP现在看到了对疫情全球经济产生持久影响的前景，能源需求可能会在一段时间内持续减弱。”
该公司还解释说，预计在疫情爆发后，向低碳经济和能源体系转型的步伐将加快，因为各国都在寻求“更好的重建”，使其经济在未来更有弹性。
曹海斌 摘译自 全球能源新闻
原文如下：
BP posts $20.3 billion loss in 2020
British energy giant BP reported a $20.3 billion loss in 2020, down from a $4 billion profit in 2019, driven by a challenging price environment and COVID-19 related demand impacts, according to its financial results statement released on Tuesday.
Despite the huge loss in the full year of 2020, the company recorded a $1.4 billion profit in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to a $0.5 billion loss in the third quarter.
The company's Chief Financial Officer Murray Auchincloss described the results as "strong progress", considering BP posted net losses of approximately $16.8 billion in the second quarter and $4.4 billion for the first quarter of last year.
The company explained that costs resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak reached around $0.4 billion for the full year of 2020.
In line with the company's net-zero ambition, Looney said BP set a new strategy to become an integrated energy company and created an offshore wind business in the US.
BP said it anticipates a normalization of the currently high oil inventory levels through 2021 with the help of limited growth from non-OPEC+ countries coupled with active market management from OPEC+.
The company expects a recovery in oil demand in 2021, however, it said the speed and degree of the rebound would depend on government policies and individual self-imposed actions as vaccine distribution proceeds.
Oil prices, which have risen since the end of October last year with the support of vaccine rollout programs and continued active supply management by OPEC+ countries, are expected to remain subject to the decisions of OPEC+, confidence in efforts to manage the rollout of vaccination and further virus control measures, BP said.
While the price of Brent crude averaged $41.84 per barrel in 2020, BP said it estimates the international benchmark would average $50 a barrel between 2021 and 2025, and then increase to an average of $60 a barrel between 2030 and 2040 before it drops to $50 a barrel again in 2050.
"BP now sees the prospect of an enduring impact on the global economy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the potential for weaker demand for energy for a sustained period," the company said.
The company also explained that it expects an acceleration in the pace of transition to a lower-carbon economy and energy system in the aftermath of the pandemic, as countries seek to "build back better" so their economies will be more resilient in the future.?
