據(jù)離岸工程網(wǎng)站2月10日消息 挪威獨(dú)立石油公司Aker BP星期四表示，2021年第四季度因更高的石油價(jià)格，創(chuàng)下了2021年創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的營業(yè)利潤，計(jì)劃將在今年勘探更多探井。

其10月至12月的息稅前利潤（EBIT）從去年同期的2.78億美元升至創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的12.6億美元。

首席執(zhí)行官Karl Johnny Hersvik表示，公司今年將鉆探13口井，高于2021年的10口，同時(shí)繼續(xù)專注于降低成本。

Hersvik向記者表示：“我們以一種相對戲劇性的方式了解到，石油和天然氣價(jià)格不會(huì)受到影響，我們也不能假設(shè)它們會(huì)穩(wěn)定?！?/p>

他說：“我們決不能失去理智，繼續(xù)進(jìn)行我們本來不會(huì)啟動(dòng)的項(xiàng)目。”

Aker BP計(jì)劃將資本支出從去年的14億美元增加到今年的16億美元，但計(jì)劃在勘探上投入4億美元不變，盡管要鉆探的油井?dāng)?shù)量有所增加。

該公司由挪威億萬富翁克杰爾·英格·羅克控股，bp擁有部分股權(quán)。該公司于12月宣布了一項(xiàng)140億美元的交易，收購瑞典倫丁能源公司的石油和天然氣資產(chǎn)。

該交易定于2022年年中完成，將使Aker BP成為挪威大陸架上僅次于國家控股的Equinor的第二大上市石油公司。

吳恒磊 編譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

Aker BP to Drill More Exploration Wells in 2022

Norwegian independent oil company Aker BP said on Thursday it planned to drill more exploration wells this year, after reporting a record operating profit for the final quarter of 2021 buoyed by higher petroleum prices.

Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for October-December rose to a record $1.26 billion from $278 million a year earlier.

The company will drill 13 wells this year, up from 10 in 2021, while continuing to focus on keeping costs down, Chief Executive Officer Karl Johnny Hersvik said.

"We've learned in a relatively dramatic way that oil and gas prices can't be influenced, and neither can we assume that they will be stable," Hersvik told reporters.

"We must not lose our heads and pursue projects we would not otherwise have started," he said.

Aker BP is set to increase capital spending to $1.6 billion this year from $1.4 billion last year, but plans to spend an unchanged $400 million on exploration, despite increasing the number of wells to be drilled.

The company, controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke and partly owned by BP, in December announced a $14 billion deal to acquire the oil and gas assets of Sweden's Lundin Energy.

The transaction, set to be completed by mid-2022, would make Aker BP the second-largest listed oil firm on the Norwegian continental shelf after state-controlled Equinor.