据油气新闻10月30日消息称，埃克森美孚公司今天宣布，预计2021年第三季度的收益为68亿美元，假设摊薄的话，每股收益为1.57美元。第三季度资本和勘探支出为39亿美元，2021年迄今投资为108亿美元，公司继续对其优势资产进行战略投资，包括圭亚那、二叠纪盆地和化工。
第三季度的石油当量产量为每天 370 万桶。剔除权益影响、撤资和政府授权，石油当量产量比上年同期增长 4%，包括二叠纪和圭亚那的增长。
董事长兼首席执行官Darren Woods表示：“们的三项核心业务在本季度实现了正收益，运营和成本控制强劲，实现率提高，燃料需求改善。”
“自由现金流超过了股息和40亿美元的额外债务削减。随着我们在恢复资产负债表实力方面取得的进展，本周我们宣布增加股息，保持连续39年的年度股息增长。”
Woods补充道：“下个月，董事会将最终敲定我们的企业计划，支持对行业优势、高回报项目的投资，以及越来越多的战略和财务增值的低碳业务机会。我们核心业务产生的强劲回报提供了短期现金流，为利用我们在技术、工程和项目开发方面的竞争优势的低碳机会提供资金。
我们预计在低排放能源解决方案上的支出将比之前的计划增加四倍，增加高回报项目，并在需要进一步政策支持的大型枢纽项目上进行一些发展投资。保持灵活性以平衡我们不同的投资机会，同时保持强劲的资产负债表，这对确保我们的业务产生增值的长期回报，并在未来各种情况下保持弹性至关重要。我们预计，公司强劲的现金流前景将使我们能够通过从2022年开始的12-24个月内的股票回购计划，进一步增加高达100亿美元的股东分配。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
ExxonMobil earns $6.8 billion in third quarter 2021
Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced estimated third-quarter 2021 earnings of $6.8 billion, or $1.57 per share assuming dilution. Third-quarter capital and exploration expenditures were $3.9 billion, bringing year-to-date 2021 investments to $10.8 billion, as the company continued strategic investments in its advantaged assets, including Guyana, Permian Basin, and in Chemical.
Oil-equivalent production in the third quarter was 3.7 million barrels per day. Excluding entitlement effects, divestments, and government mandates, oil-equivalent production increased 4% versus the prior-year quarter, including growth in the Permian and Guyana.
“All three of our core businesses generated positive earnings during the quarter, with strong operations and cost control, as well as increased realizations and improved demand for fuels,” said Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer.
“Free cash flow more than covered the dividend and $4 billion of additional debt reduction. With the progress made in restoring the strength of our balance sheet, this week we announced a dividend increase maintaining 39 consecutive years of annual dividend growth.”
“Next month, the board will finalize our corporate plan that supports investment in industry-advantaged, high-return projects, and a growing list of strategic and financially accretive lower-carbon business opportunities,” added Woods. “The strong returns generated by our core businesses provide the near-term cash flows to fund lower-carbon opportunities that leverage our competitive strengths in technology, engineering and project development. We expect to increase the level of spend in lower-emission energy solutions by four times over the prior plan, adding projects with strong returns as well as seeding some development investment in large hub projects that require further policy support. Retaining flexibility to strike a balance across our different investment opportunities, while maintaining a strong balance sheet, is critical to ensure our business produces accretive, long-term returns and remains resilient under a wide range of future scenarios. We anticipate the company’s strong cash flow outlook will enable us to further increase shareholder distributions by up to $10 billion through a share repurchase program over 12-24 months, beginning in 2022.”