Inpex将澳大利亚LNG资产减记13亿美元

据离岸工程网站8月6日消息 日本最大的石油和天然气公司Inpex公司周四表示，由于冠状病毒大流行导致价格暴跌，该公司在澳大利亚的液化天然气项目的费用为1400亿日元（13.3亿美元）。

这些损失使能源公司在澳大利亚液化天然气项目上的费用超过130亿美元，这些费用是由于流感大流行导致价格暴跌而导致。澳大利亚是全球最大的液化天然气出口国之一。

壳牌和BP等石油和天然气巨头已减记了数百亿美元在世界其他地方的油气资产，因为大范围的封锁减少了旅行和工业活动，压垮了对燃料的需求。

Inpex减记的大部分资产约为12亿美元，是由壳牌在澳大利亚西北部海域运营的Prelude浮式液化天然气项目的股份。

该公司还宣布对美国石油项目收费5亿美元，同时公布上半年盈利。

Inpex没有对其在澳大利亚运营的巨型Ichthys项目进行任何减记。

今年7月，持有Ichthys和桑托斯运营的格莱斯顿液化天然气项目股份的法国道达尔表示，将对其澳大利亚液化天然气资产收取8亿美元的费用，但未透露细节。

截至6月的6个月，Inpex表示亏损1210亿日元，而去年同期盈利约690亿日元。该公司预计全年亏损1360亿日元。

亚洲液化天然气现货价格从6月份的低点小幅回升后，今年已下跌近一半，而油价在7月份较4月份连续第四个月上涨，当时全球数十亿人处于停工状态。

许多国家现在正经历第二波感染。

（1美元=105.4600日元）

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Inpex Books $1.3B Writedown on Australian LNG assets, Omitting Ichthys

Japan's biggest oil and gas company, Inpex Corp, booked charges of 140 billion yen ($1.33 billion) on its liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Australia, it said on Thursday, due to a slump in prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The losses bring to more than $13 billion the charges on Australian LNG projects taken by energy companies due to the collapse in prices from the pandemic. Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of LNG.

Oil and gas majors such as Shell and BP have written down tens of billions of dollars on oil and gas assets elsewhere in the world as pandemic lockdowns have cut travel and industrial activity, crushing demand for fuels.

Most of Inpex's writedown, about $1.2 billion, was on its stake in the Prelude floating LNG project operated by Shell off northwestern Australia.

It also announced charges of $500 million on U.S. oil projects, while releasing first-half earnings.

Inpex did not book any writedowns on the giant Ichthys project that it operates in Australia.

In July, France's Total, which holds a stake in Ichthys and the Gladstone LNG project operated by Santos, said it would take a charge of $800 million on its Australian LNG assets, without giving details.

For the six months through June, Inpex said it had a loss of 121 billion yen, versus a profit of around 69 billion in the previous period. The company forecasts a full-year loss of 136 billion yen.

Asian spot prices of LNG have nearly halved this year after recovering slightly from lows in June, while oil prices rose for a fourth straight month in July from the depths of April, when billions of people were in lockdown worldwide.

Many countries are now experiencing a second wave of infections.

($1=105.4600 yen)