据OE网站11月23日报道，日本石油公司科斯莫能源控股(CosmoEnergyHoldings)周四将截至明年3月31日的年度净利润预期下调了41%，将此归咎于原油库存和石油化工价格暴跌。
现在预计年净利润为85亿日元（合8000万美元），而5月份的预测为145亿日元。
Cosmo的高级执行官上松隆幸（Takayuki Uematsu）在新闻发布会上表示，我们的主要燃料（主要是汽油）的销售已从新冠疫情危机中稳步恢复，但石化产品市场的恶化程度超过了我们的预期。
COSMO还预计库存将损失150亿日元，由于沙特石油公司的销售价格和运费降低，导致石油采购成本低于预期。
尽管如此，其计划在今年10月—明年3月期间将炼油厂的运行率从今年4月—9月期间的76.4%提高到94%，以反映更高的需求。
COSMO还表示，鉴于全球向绿色能源的过渡，其目标是到2031年3月将风力发电能力从目前的263兆瓦(MW)提高到1吉瓦以上。
Uematsu援引到2031年3月开发600兆瓦海上风电场计划表示，我们希望成为海上风电市场的领先公司。
日本政府去年出台了一项鼓励风电场发展的法律后，日本的海上风电市场将飞速发展。日本风力发电协会预测，到2030年，日本海上风力发电装机发电量将增至10吉瓦。
Uematsu表示，目前正在开发一个海上风电场和四个陆上风电场的COSMO计划投标至少三个海上风电项目，政府将通过拍卖选择一个运营商。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下:
Japanese Oil Firm Cuts Profit Guidance. Wants to Become 'Leader' in Offshore Wind
Japanese oil firm Cosmo Energy Holdings It now forecasts an annual net profit of 8.5 billion yen ($80 million), down from its May prediction of 14.5 billion yen.
"Our sales of key fuels, mainly gasoline, have steadily recovered from the COVID-19 crisis, but petrochemicals markets have deteriorated more than we had anticipated," Takayuki Uematsu, Cosmo's senior executive officer, told a news conference.
Cosmo also expects to book an appraisal loss of 15 billion yen Still, it plans to boost the run rate of its refineries to 94% in the October to March period from 76.4% in the April to September period to reflect higher demand.
Cosmo also said it aims to boost its wind power generation capacity to over 1 gigawatt (GW) by March 2031 from 263 megawatts (MW) now as it beefs up renewable energy in the light of the global transition to greener power.
"We want to become a leading company in the offshore wind power market," Uematsu said, citing a plan to develop 600 MW offshore wind farms by March 2031.
Japan's offshore power market is set to take off after the government last year brought in a law to encourage wind farm development. The Japan Wind Power Association predicts the country's offshore wind power installed capacity will grow to 10 GW in 2030.
Cosmo, which is currently developing one offshore and four onshore wind farms, plans to bid for at least three offshore wind projects for which the government will select an operator through an auction, Uematsu said.