中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油网2月27日报道，澳大利亚最大的石油和天然气生产商伍德赛德能源集团有限公司（Woodside Energy Group Ltd.）表示，在公布其最高利润后，将审查在墨西哥湾的潜在收购。
该公司周一表示，在收购必和必拓集团(BHP Group Ltd.)的能源部门后，由于能源价格飙升，产量跃升70%以上，2022年的基本利润增长了两倍多，达到52亿美元。此前，包括澳大利亚桑托斯公司、英国石油公司和壳牌公司在内的全球石油和天然气生产商都获得了丰厚的利润。
伍德赛德首席执行官Meg O 'Neill在电话采访中表示，收购必和必拓资产增加了伍德赛德在墨西哥湾的业务，该公司将“继续在那里寻找机会”。她称，这是一个“非常有吸引力的流域”，拥有“成功的所有要素”。
这家总部位于珀斯的生产商在声明中表示，该公司正专注于进一步增长，以满足中期需求所需的石油行业投资，以及确保21世纪20年代末供应充足所需的额外液化天然气(LNG)项目。
今年，包括墨西哥湾Trion石油项目和美国液氢项目在内的选项正在准备最终投资决定的工作。
该公司预测，随着增长项目的推进，2023年资本支出将增加至65亿美元。这与壳牌预计的230亿～270亿美元的年度支出和英国石油公司140亿～180亿美元的目标范围相比，仍是九牛一毛。
去年，欧洲和亚洲的天然气基准飙升至前所未有的水平，因为通常依赖产能大国燃料的欧洲国家在地缘政治冲突后开始寻找替代能源。向主要亚洲买家供应了全球约5%的液化天然气的伍德赛德公司是受益者之一，甚至从澳大利亚一路运送了一批罕见的货物到荷兰。
根据O 'Neill的说法，LNG基准现在已经回落到冲突前的水平，短期前景不确定。
伍德赛德将支付每股1.44美元的期末股息，使全年股息达到每股2.53美元。
郝芬 译自 《世界石油》
原文如下：
Woodside Energy to pursue oil and gas opportunities in Gulf of Mexico
Woodside Energy Group Ltd., Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer, says it will review potential acquisitions in the Gulf of Mexico after reporting its highest-ever profit.
Underlying earnings more than tripled to $5.2 billion in 2022>The acquisition of BHP assets increased Woodside’s presence in the Gulf of Mexico, and the firm will “continue to be looking for opportunities there,” CEO Meg O’Neill said in a phone interview. The location is a “very attractive basin” that has “all the right ingredient for success,” she said.
Woodside is focusing>Work is taking place this year to prepare options including the Trion oil project in the Gulf of Mexico and a liquid hydrogen project in the U.S. for a final investment decision.
The company forecasts capital expenditure to rise to as much as $6.5 billion in 2023 as it advances growth projects. That remains a fraction of the potential $23 billion to $27 billion annual spending flagged by Shell, and BP’s targeted range of $14 billion to $18 billion.
Natural gas benchmarks in Europe and Asia soared to unprecedented levels last year as European nations usually dependent>LNG benchmarks have now fallen back to levels seen before the invasion, and the near-term outlook is uncertain, according to O’Neill.
Woodside will pay a final dividend of $1.44 per share, bringing the full-year dividend to $2.53 per share.