据油价网2023年7月27日报道，英国壳牌公司第二季度调整后的收益比第一季度几乎减少一半，比去年同期的利润下降50%以上。由于石油和天然气价格下跌、炼油利润率下降以及液化天然气交易影响该公司第二季度的业绩，壳牌公司第二季度利润未能达到分析师们的预期。
壳牌公司调整后的利润是分析师最密切关注的指标，第二季度下滑至51亿美元，低于第一季度的96亿美元利润和去年第二季度的114.72亿美元利润。
今年4月至6月的第二季度收益低于分析师预期的60亿美元。
考虑到今年第二季度的平均油价为每桶75美元，而去年同期为每桶113美元，第二季度天然气价格仅为去年夏季水平的一小部分，壳牌公司最近一个季度的利润下降并不出人意料。
壳牌公司自身也表示，其天然气交易部门在今年第二季度的贡献将大幅下降。
7月早些时候，壳牌公司表示，由于季节性因素和优化机会减少，预计第二季度天然气交易业务将明显低于强劲的第一季度。
在天然气价格飙升和能源大宗商品市场整体极度波动的情况下，交易帮助壳牌公司和其他活跃在天然气交易业务中的大型公司在去年实现历史新高的盈利。
壳牌公司首席执行官7月27日表示，正如6月份承诺的那样，壳牌公司将把第二季度股息提高15%，每股0.331美元，并将在未来3个月开始30亿美元的回购计划。这位高管指出，在董事会批准的情况下，壳牌公司还将在今年第三季度进行至少25亿美元的额外回购。
本周早些时候，由于石油和天然气价格暴跌，挪威能源巨头Equinor公布第二季度调整后的收益比去年同期下降57%。Equinor调整后的收益为75.4亿美元，与21位分析师对Equinor提供的76亿美元的共识预测一致。
李峻 译自 油价网
原文如下：
Shell’s Earnings Plunge On Lower Oil And Gas Prices
Shell’s (NYSE: SHEL) second-quarter adjusted earnings nearly halved from the first quarter and fell by more than 50% from the record profits for the same period last year. The company missed analyst forecasts as lower oil and gas prices, refining margins, and LNG trading impacted the supermajor’s performance in Q2.
Shell’s adjusted earnings, the metric most closely watched by analysts, slipped to $5.1 billion for the second quarter, down from $9.6 billion profits for the first quarter and from the $11.472 billion profit for the second quarter of 2022.
The earnings for the April-June 2023 quarter missed analyst estimates of $6 billion.
The drop in profits in the latest quarter wasn’t unexpected, considering that oil prices averaged $75 per barrel in Q2 2023, compared to $113 a barrel in the same quarter last year, and natural gas prices were a fraction of the records seen in the summer of 2022.
Shell itself has also flagged a significantly lower contribution from its gas trading division in the second quarter of 2023.
Earlier this month, Shell said it expects its gas trading business to have been significantly lower in the second quarter, compared to a strong first quarter, due to seasonality and fewer optimization opportunities.
Trading helped Shell and other majors active in the gas trading business to post record earnings for 2022 amid natural gas price spikes and the overall extreme market volatility in energy commodities.
As pledged in June, Shell is raising its quarterly dividend by 15% $0.331 per share, and will begin a $3 billion buyback program for the next three months, CEO Wael Sawan said today. Subject to board approval, Shell will also launch at least $2.5 billion in additional buybacks at the Q3 2023 results, the executive noted.
Earlier this week, Norway’s energy giant Equinor reported 57% lower adjusted earnings for the second quarter compared to the same period of 2022 as oil and natural gas prices slumped. Equinor’s adjusted earnings of $7.54 billion were in line with a $7.6 billion consensus estimate provided by 21 analysts to Equinor.
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