据管道&天然气杂志网4月22日报道，北美最大的能源基础设施公司之一金德摩根(Kinder Morgan)周三公布季度获利超过预期，促使该公司上调年度盈利预期，因2月冬季暴风雪期间天然气和电力需求激增。
该公司股价在盘后交易中上涨2.7%。
上个季度席卷美国部分地区的严重冰冻天气摧毁了德克萨斯州近一半的发电厂，使天然气和电力价格达到创纪录水平。
金德摩根从天然气和电力短缺中受益，因为该公司连续几天以高于正常水平数百倍的价格出售天然气和电力。
首席执行官Steven Kean在一次财报电话会议上表示，我们之前在资产上的投资，特别是在天然气储存资产上的投资，给我们带来了巨大的帮助。好几天来，我们在我们的一些气田里都处于最大的撤离状态。
尽管由于新冠疫情对需求的持续影响，天然气运输量总体下降了3%，但金德摩根的天然气管道部门的调整后收入仍增长了近80%。
该公司还受益于减少石油和工业二氧化碳生产部门的产量和用电量，这是其在得克萨斯州耗电量最大的业务。
Kean表示，该部门的电力合同规定，按现行市场价格计算，其用电量降低后可以得到补偿。目前的市场价格已飙升至每兆瓦时9000美元。
金德摩根第一季度的业绩帮助其将全年净利预估上调至多达29亿美元，去年第四季度末的预估为21亿美元。
根据Refinitiv IBES的数据显示，不包括其他项目，该公司每股盈利60美分，远高于预期的24美分。
金德摩根还将2021年的股息上调3%，至每股1.08美元。
营收也环比增长至52.1亿美元，高于分析师平均预估的30.3亿美元。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
Kinder Morgan Raises Outlook as Profit Surges on Winter Storm Demand
Kinder Morgan on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that breezed past estimates, helping the U.S. pipeline operator raise its annual earnings forecast, on a demand surge for natural gas and electricity during the February winter storm.
The company's shares rose 2.7% in extended trading.
A deep freeze that swept parts of the United States last quarter knocked out nearly half of Texas power plants and sent prices for natural gas and electricity to record levels.
Kinder Morgan benefited from the shortage as it released gas and sold electricity at prices that were hundreds of times higher than normal for several days.
"Our previous investments in our assets, particularly on our gas storage assets, were a huge help. We were on maximum withdrawal for days at several of our fields," Chief Executive Officer Steven Kean said on a post-earnings call.
Though natural gas transport volumes were down 3% overall amid the lingering impact on demand from the COVID-19 pandemic, Kinder Morgan's natural gas pipelines unit still saw adjusted income grow by almost 80%.
The company also benefited by cutting production and electricity usage at a unit that produces oil and industrial carbon dioxide, its heaviest power-consuming business in Texas.
That unit's power contract allowed for it to be compensated for lower usage at the prevailing market price, which had shot up to as much as $9,000 per megawatt-hour, Kean said.
The first-quarter performance helped Kinder Morgan raise its full-year net income forecast to as much as $2.9 billion, from a $2.1 billion expectation outlined at the end of the fourth quarter.
Excluding items, the company earned 60 cents per share, well above estimates of 24 cents, according to Refinitiv IBES data
Kinder Morgan also raised its dividend by 3% to $1.08 per share for 2021.
Revenue also rose sequentially to $5.21 billion, above analysts' average estimate of $3.03 billion.
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