據鉆機地帶3月10日報道，海王星能源公司（Neptune Energy）報告稱，2022年的凈利潤為9.244億美元，遠高于前一年報告的3.872億美元。

該公司在其最新報告中指出，2022財年日產量上升至13.5萬桶，反映了Sn?hvit的重啟和Duva全年的貢獻。然而，該公司強調，該合資企業運營的Touat天然氣廠(阿爾及利亞)停產的延長限制了產量增長，因此該集團全年平均產量處于指導值的低端。該公司表示，包括生產當量保險收入在內的日產量為13.56萬桶。

憑借Sn?hvit的全年貢獻、Touat的計劃重啟以及其在Njord（挪威）、Fenja（挪威）和Seagull（英國）的新項目的產量增加，海王星能源預計2023年的日均產量將達到15萬至16.5萬桶油當量，年底將達到18萬桶油當量。

2022年，海王星就其L10 CCS項目與合作伙伴敲定了合作協議，并在概念選擇方面繼續完善該項目。去年下半年，該公司與Horisont Energi建立了合作伙伴關系，以開發位于挪威的Errai CCS項目。據聲明中寫道，海王星還在挪威和英國提交了二氧化碳儲存許可申請。

該公司進一步表示，將繼續尋求機會降低其運營的碳強度，并于2022年12月提交了Snhvit和Njord的電氣化計劃。Gudrun電氣化項目將于2020年年中開始運營。

到2028年，海王星預計其在挪威的產量將100%來自已完全或部分電氣化的樞紐。

2022年底，海王星表示其擁有5.52億桶油當量的儲量，儲量與產量之比為11年。儲量減少反映了挪威當年的產量和非核心資產的處置情況。該聲明稱，其或有資源增加至4.68億桶油當量，主要是由于最近在挪威和荷蘭的發現和許可證收購，為海王星提供了額外的增長機會。

海王星能源公司執行主席薩姆·萊德勞（Sam Laidlaw）表示：“過去12個月，影響能源生產和使用方式的地緣政治環境發生了巨大變化。投資不足的情況下，過去十年的大宗商品價格下跌已被價格飆升和明顯波動所取代。天然氣的情況尤其如此，這不僅是因為戰爭，也因為人們越來越認識到天然氣在能源轉型中的重要性。在過去五年中，我們投資了超過70億美元來改造海王星公司，我們已經做好了應對這些變化的準備，我們的投資組合現在擁有更大的生產能力、更多的低碳發展機會和更強勁的資產負債表。”

郝芬 譯自 鉆機地帶

原文如下：

Neptune Posts Profit Jump in 2022

Neptune Energy has reported a net profit for 2022 of $924.4 million, significantly above the figure of $387.2 million reported in the year prior.

The company noted in its latest report that FY 2022 production rose to 135.0 kboepd, reflecting the restart of Sn?hvit and a full-year’s contribution from Duva. However, the extension to the outage at the joint venture-operated Touat gas plant (Algeria) restricted production growth and, as a result, group production for the full year averaged at the lower end of guidance, the company highlighted. Production including production-equivalent insurance income was 135.6 kboepd, the company said.

With a full-year contribution from Sn?hvit, the scheduled restart of Touat and the ramp-up of production from its new projects at Njord (Norway), Fenja (Norway) and Seagull (UK), Neptune Energy expects production in 2023 to average 150-165 kboepd and to end the year at around 180 kboepd.

In 2022, Neptune finalized a cooperation agreement with its partners at its L10 CCS project and continued to mature the project towards concept selection. In the second half of the year, the company formed a partnership with Horisont Energi to develop the Errai CCS project in Norway. Neptune also submitted CO2 storage license applications in Norway and the UK, the statement reads.

The company further said it will continue to pursue opportunities to lower the carbon intensity of its operations and in December 2022 submitted plans for the electrification of Sn?hvit and Njord. The Gudrun electrification project is due to start operation in mid-2023.

By 2028, Neptune expects 100 percent of its production in Norway to be from hubs that have been fully or partially electrified.

At the end of 2022, Neptune said it had 2P reserves of 552 mmboe and a reserves to production ratio of 11 years. The decrease in reserves reflects production in the year and the disposal of non-core assets in Norway. Its contingent resources increased to 468 mmboe, due mainly to recent discoveries and license acquisitions in Norway and the Netherlands, providing Neptune with additional growth opportunities, the statement reads.

“The last 12 months have seen a dramatic shift in the geopolitical environment that shapes how energy is produced and used,” said Neptune Energy’s Executive Chairman, Sam Laidlaw.

“Against a backdrop of underinvestment, lower commodity prices of the last decade have been replaced by surging prices and marked volatility. This is particularly the case with natural gas, due not only to the war, but also increased awareness of its importance in the energy transition. Having invested more than $7 billion to transform Neptune over the past five years, we are well positioned for these changes, with a portfolio that now has greater production capacity, more lower carbon development opportunities and a stronger balance sheet,” Laidlaw said.