澳大利亚Santos收购Quadrant后产量激增

据路透社报道，澳大利亚第二大独立天然气生产商Santos周四表示，在收购Quadrant资产后，该公司预计2019年的产量将增长高达32%。

Santos在一份声明中表示，该公司预计在2019年生产7100万至7800万桶石油当量。

瑞士投资银行(UBS)估计其2019年的产量为7370万桶石油当量。

该公司公布的去年年产量为5890万桶石油当量，超过了5600万至5800万桶石油当量的产量指导，并符合麦格理（Macquarie）的估计。

收购Quadrant以及其石油和天然气的较高的实际价格推动Santos去年第四季度的收入增加了22%，达到创纪录的10.4亿美元。

这家总部位于阿德莱德的公司表示，截至2018年12月31日的季度，公司产量从一年前的1500万桶石油当量跃升至1590万桶石油当量。

公司液化天然气价格，加上大幅削减成本和出售资产，使得Santos在2018年10月提前一年实现了其债务目标。

通过削减债务，Santos决定避免收购要约，恢复股息，寻找资产以扩大投资组合。去年，该公司以超过20亿美元的价格收购了Quadrant，从而提高了产量，并在西澳大利亚的一处有前景的石油开采中获得了股份。

不过，收购Quadrant的资金来自公司的现金和新债，使得截至2018年12月31日的Santos的债务达到了36亿美元。

詹晓晶  摘自  路透社

原文如下：

Australia's Santos sees surge in 2019 production on Quadrant acquisition

Santos Ltd (STO.AX), Australia’s No. 2 independent gas producer, on Thursday said it expects 2019 production to rise by up to 32 percent boosted by the acquisition of Quadrant assets.

The company expects to churn out 71 million to 78 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) in 2019, Santos said in a statement.

UBS estimates 2019 production to be 73.7 mmboe.

The company posted annual production of 58.9 mmboe, beating its production guidance of 56 mmboe to 58 mmboe and in line with a Macquarie estimate. 

The Quadrant buyout coupled with higher realized prices for its oil and gas propelled Santos’ fourth quarter revenue 22 percent higher to a record $1.04 billion.

The Adelaide-based firm said production for the quarter ended Dec. 31 jumped to 15.9 mmboe from 15 mmboe a year ago.

Firm LNG prices, coupled with sharp cost cuts and asset sales enabled Santos to achieve its debt target over a year ahead of plan in October 2018.

By slashing debt, Santos set itself up to stave off takeover offers, revive its dividend and hunt for assets to expand its portfolio. It acquired Quadrant for more than $2 billion last year, boosting production and giving it a stake in a promising oil find off Western Australia.

However, the acquisition of Quadrant, which was funded through a combination of company’s cash and new debt pushed Santos’ debt as at Dec. 31, 2018 to $3.6 billion.​