據(jù)7月30日Offshore Energy消息：總部位于海牙的液化天然氣巨頭殼牌在今年二季度報(bào)告了巨大的季度虧損，其液化天然氣銷售額下降7%。

殼牌公司周四宣布，該公司第二季度虧損181億美元。虧損包括稅后168億美元和稅前223億美元的減值支出。

這家能源巨頭6月底表示，由于疫情繼續(xù)破壞全球需求，該公司還下調(diào)了對大宗商品價(jià)格的預(yù)期。

殼牌在4-6月期間出售了1,665萬噸液化天然氣，去年同期為1,795萬噸。而液化量也較上年同期下降3%，至836萬噸。

1-6月液化天然氣銷量增長1%，至3,565萬噸，而液化量下降1%，至1,723萬噸。

殼牌表示，預(yù)計(jì)第三季液化量將在760-820萬噸之間，但預(yù)估估計(jì)對價(jià)格的影響更大。

該公司表示:“由于與石油掛鉤的液化天然氣遠(yuǎn)期合約價(jià)格滯后，低油價(jià)的影響或?qū)⒃诘谌径茸兊酶语@著。”

殼牌的綜合天然氣業(yè)務(wù)因減值和液化天然氣、石油和天然氣價(jià)格下跌而虧損79.5億美元。

殼牌稱，這包括81.5億美元的稅后減損支出，主要涉及昆士蘭Curtis液化天然氣和Prelude FLNG在澳大利亞的業(yè)務(wù)。

馮娟 摘譯自 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.