澳大利亚桑托斯将计入5.6亿美元减值损失

据7月21日Offshore Energy消息：澳大利亚天然气生产商和GLNG运营商桑托斯周二表示，受疫情影响，公司将计入高达5.6亿美元的税后非现金减值损失。

桑托斯预计下个月的半年业绩中，税后非现金支出将达到4.9亿至5.6亿美元。

其中包括税前6.4亿至7亿美元的GLNG项目减值，以及税前6千万至1亿美元的库珀盆地和阿马德乌斯盆地勘探资产减值。

这家澳大利亚公司表示，减值不会对其储备产生任何影响。

由于疫情造成的石油和天然气价格下跌，桑托斯与其他许多能源公司一样，采取了这一举措，对资产进行减记。

该公司已修正油价展望，预计布伦特原油价格今年将达到每桶45美元，并在未来4年逐步上涨，至2024年达到每桶62.5美元。

这意味着该公司将其长期价格预期下调了10%以上，同时预计中短期内复苏将放缓。

桑托斯表示，预计减值支出将使其负债比率提高约1.5%，并补充称，其债务契约“有足够的回旋余地，在当前油价的情况下，数年内不会受到威胁”。

冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下:

Santos to take up to $560 million impairment hit

Australian gas producer and GLNG operator Santos said on Tuesday it will book non-cash impairments of up to $560 million after tax due to the effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Santos expects to record non-cash charge in the range of $490-560 million after tax in its half-year results next month.

These include impairments of its GLNG project of $640-700 million before tax and exploration assets primarily in the Cooper and Amadeus Basins of $60-100 million before tax.

The Australian company says that the impairments will have no impact on its reserves.

With this move, Santos has joined many other energy players writing down assets due to the oil and gas price downturn caused by the pandemic.

The company has revised its oil price outlook and expects brent prices this year of $45 a barrel, rising gradually over the next four years to $62.50 per barrel in 2024.

This means the company reduced its long-term price assumption by over 10 percent while also forecasting a slower recovery in the short to medium term.

Santos said it expects the impairment charge to increase its gearing by about 1.5 percent adding that its debt covenants “have sufficient headroom and are not under threat at current oil prices for a number of years.”