BP一季度利润下滑 债务攀升

据路透社4月28日报道，因当前石油需求遭受重创，并表示其对未来前景异常不确定，英国石油公司(BP)第一季度利润暴跌三分之二，债务大幅增加。

总部位于伦敦的BP表示，预计该公司第二季度炼油利润率将大幅下降，届时全球出行限制将达到顶峰，从而抑制汽油、柴油和航空燃油的消费。BP称:“很难预测目前的供需失衡何时将得到解决，当前形势的最终影响也很难预测。”

由于油价暴跌和需求下滑，欧佩克、俄罗斯和其他产油国达成协议，将全球原油供应量削减约10%，油气生产面临“重大不确定性”。

BP公布的基础重置成本利润为8亿美元，仍高于分析师在该公司提供的调查中预估的7.1亿美元。该公司去年报告盈利了24亿美元。

与许多同行一样，面对第一季度油价下跌65%的局面，BP也大幅削减了支出，将2020年的预算削减了25%，至120亿美元左右，并减少了美国页岩业务的产量。

今年第一季度，BP的债务增至514亿美元，其负债与资本比率升至36%，远高于将其控制在30%以下的目标。

BP在第一季度末持有320亿美元的流动资金，此前该公司曾通过举债建立现金储备来应对收入的下降。

洪伟立 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

BP's profit tumbles, debt climbs as coronavirus crisis hammers oil demand

BP’s (BP.L) first quarter profits tumbled by two-thirds as the coronavirus crisis hammered oil demand and the energy major’s debt rose sharply as it warned of exceptional uncertainty ahead.

London-based BP said it expected significantly lower refining margins in the second quarter when global restrictions align="justify">“It is difficult to predict when current supply and demand imbalances will be resolved and what the ultimate impact of COVID-19 will be,” BP said in a statement.

It said oil and gas production faced “significant uncertainties” linked to plunging oil prices and tumbling demand, as well as due to a deal between OPEC, Russia and other producers to cut global supplies of crude by about 10%.

BP reported an underlying replacement cost profit, its definition of net income, of $800 million, still beating the $710 million forecast by analysts in a company-provided poll. The company reported $2.4 billion profit a year earlier.

BP, like its peers, responded to a 65% drop in oil prices in the first quarter by sharply reducing spending. BP slashed its 2020 budget by 25% to around $12 billion and reduced output at its U.S. shale operations.

BP’s debt rose to $51.4 billion in the first quarter and its debt-to-capital ratio, or gearing, rose to 36%, significantly higher than its target of keeping it below 30%.

BP held $32 billion in liquidity at the end of the first quarter after the company, like its compe***s, raised debt to build up cash reserves to cope with the drop in revenue.