壳牌二季度液化天然气销量下降

据7月30日Offshore Energy消息：总部位于海牙的液化天然气巨头壳牌在今年二季度报告了巨大的季度亏损，其液化天然气销售额下降7%。

壳牌公司周四宣布，该公司第二季度亏损181亿美元。亏损包括税后168亿美元和税前223亿美元的减值支出。

这家能源巨头6月底表示，由于疫情继续破坏全球需求，该公司还下调了对大宗商品价格的预期。

壳牌在4-6月期间出售了1,665万吨液化天然气，去年同期为1,795万吨。而液化量也较上年同期下降3%，至836万吨。

1-6月液化天然气销量增长1%，至3,565万吨，而液化量下降1%，至1,723万吨。

壳牌表示，预计第三季液化量将在760-820万吨之间，但预估估计对价格的影响更大。

该公司表示:“由于与石油挂钩的液化天然气远期合约价格滞后，低油价的影响或将在第三季度变得更加显著。”

壳牌的综合天然气业务因减值和液化天然气、石油和天然气价格下跌而亏损79.5亿美元。

壳牌称，这包括81.5亿美元的税后减损支出，主要涉及昆士兰Curtis液化天然气和Prelude FLNG在澳大利亚的业务。

冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Shell’s second-quarter LNG sales drop

The Hague-based LNG giant Shell logged a 7 percent decline in its liquefied natural gas sales during the second quarter of this year as it reported a huge quarterly loss.

Shell announced on Thursday a loss of $18.1 billion for the second quarter due to the effects related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The loss included an impairment charge of $16.8 billion post-tax or $22.3 billion pre-tax.

The energy giant said in late June it would take a substantial impairment hit also revising its outlook for commodity prices as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to destroy demand all over the globe.

Shell sold 16.65 million tonnes of LNG in the April-June period, compared to 17.95 million tonnes in the same period last year.

Liquefaction volumes also decreased 3 percent year-on-year to 8.36 million tonnes “mainly as a result of cargo timing”, Shell said.

In the January-June period, LNG sales increased 1 percent to 35.65 million tonnes while liquefaction volumes dropped 1 percent to 17.23 million tonnes.

Shell said it expects liquefaction volumes to be in the 7.6-8.2 million tonnes range in the third quarter but also sees a bigger impact on prices.

“Due to price lag in oil-linked LNG term contracts, the impact of low oil prices is expected to become more significant in the third quarter,” it said.

Shell’s Integrated Gas segment recorded a loss of $7.95 billion hit by impairments and lower realised LNG, oil and gas prices.

This included a post-tax impairment charge of $8.15 billion mainly related to the Queensland Curtis LNG and Prelude FLNG operations in Australia, Shell said.