据油价网2023年6月14日报道，在英国能源利润税(通常被称为暴利税)的最新变化之后，美国知名石油公司阿帕奇公司停止了其在英国北海的油气钻井活动，并在英国裁员。
这家总部位于美国的石油公司是英国北海十大石油和天然气生产商之一，阿帕奇公司表示，暴利税和具有挑战性的监管环境使其在英国的业务竞争力下降。
阿帕奇公司还证实，暂停钻井活动将导致其旗下英国分公司不得不裁员。
阿帕奇公司的一位女发言人告诉媒体记者：“我们正在重新评估我们的投资，因为我们考虑到具有挑战性的英国宏观环境，其成本越来越高，税收和监管制度越来越繁重。”
“考虑到英国油气行业的商业环境，与我们投资组合的其他资产相比，这些资产的竞争力已经下降。”女发言人如是说。
上周，英国政府为暴利税设定了最低价格，但如果油气平均价格连续两个季度降至或低于每桶石油71.40美元，那么这个最低价格只会触发北海油气生产边际税率恢复到40%，而目前的税率为75%。
阿伯丁商会政策主管瑞安·克里顿表示，英国天然气价格不太可能跌至上述水平。
“所以，基本上，这个气价永远不会被触发。”克里顿如是说。
克里顿说：“财政部门需要与油气行业合作，把这件事做好。因为在合适的条件下，北海地区可以创造数十亿英镑的投资和数千个新的就业机会。”
“另一种选择是征税，这可能会加速我们石油和天然气行业的衰退，危及实现英国净零排放计划所需的技能和投资。”
在英国在去年年底将暴利税提高到35%之后，英国北海最大的石油和天然气生产商海港能源公司退出了英国最新一轮旨在颁发100多份新许可证的许可证出售招标。壳牌公司表示，该公司将重新评估在英国的每个项目，包括其在英国能源系统的305亿美元(250亿英镑)计划投资，而法国道达尔能源公司表示将削减其在英国投资的25%。
李峻 编译自 油价网
原文如下：
Apache Halts Drilling In The UK North Sea
Apache Corporation is halting drilling in the UK North Sea, cutting jobs in Britain, after the latest change to the UK Energy Profits Levy, commonly referred to as the windfall tax.
The U.S.-based corporation, which is one of the top ten producers of oil and gas in the UK North Sea, has said that the windfall tax and the challenging regulatory environment are making its UK operations less competitive.
Apache has also confirmed the suspension of drilling activities will lead to job losses in its UK division.
“We are reassessing our investments, as we consider the challenging UK macro environment with its increasingly costly and burdensome tax and regulatory regime,” a spokeswoman for Apache told media.
“Given the business climate for the oil and gas industry in the UK, these assets have become less competitive in comparison to the rest of our portfolio,” she said.
Last week, the UK government put a price floor to the windfall tax, but this price floor will only trigger a return to a 40% marginal tax rate on North Sea oil and gas production, compared to the current tax rate of 75%, if both average oil and gas prices fall to, or below, $71.40 per barrel for oil and ￡0.54 per therm for gas, for two consecutive quarters.
cording to Ryan Crighton, policy director at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, UK gas prices are unlikely to drop to those levels,
“So, basically, it will never be triggered.”
“The Chancellor needs to work with the industry to get this right, because billions of pounds worth of investment and thousands of new jobs could be created in the North Sea in the right conditions,” Crighton said.
“The alternative is a levy which risks accelerating the decline of our oil and gas sector at a pace which jeopardises the skills and investment required to deliver the UK’s net zero plans.”
After the UK raised the windfall tax to 35% at the end of last year, Harbour Energy, the biggest oil and gas producer in the UK North Sea, backed out of the latest licensing round aimed at awarding more than 100 new licenses. Shell has said it would be re-evaluating each project comprising its $30.5 billion (25 billion pounds) planned investment in the UK energy system, and TotalEnergies has said it would slash its investment in the UK by 25%.
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