據7月21日Offshore Energy消息：澳大利亞天然氣生產商和GLNG運營商桑托斯周二表示，受疫情影響，公司將計入高達5.6億美元的稅后非現金減值損失。

桑托斯預計下個月的半年業績中，稅后非現金支出將達到4.9億至5.6億美元。

其中包括稅前6.4億至7億美元的GLNG項目減值，以及稅前6千萬至1億美元的庫珀盆地和阿馬德烏斯盆地勘探資產減值。

這家澳大利亞公司表示，減值不會對其儲備產生任何影響。

由于疫情造成的石油和天然氣價格下跌，桑托斯與其他許多能源公司一樣，采取了這一舉措，對資產進行減記。

該公司已修正油價展望，預計布倫特原油價格今年將達到每桶45美元，并在未來4年逐步上漲，至2024年達到每桶62.5美元。

這意味著該公司將其長期價格預期下調了10%以上，同時預計中短期內復蘇將放緩。

桑托斯表示，預計減值支出將使其負債比率提高約1.5%，并補充稱，其債務契約“有足夠的回旋余地，在當前油價的情況下，數年內不會受到威脅”。

馮娟 摘譯自 Offshore Energy

原文如下:

Santos to take up to $560 million impairment hit

Australian gas producer and GLNG operator Santos said on Tuesday it will book non-cash impairments of up to $560 million after tax due to the effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Santos expects to record non-cash charge in the range of $490-560 million after tax in its half-year results next month.

These include impairments of its GLNG project of $640-700 million before tax and exploration assets primarily in the Cooper and Amadeus Basins of $60-100 million before tax.

The Australian company says that the impairments will have no impact on its reserves.

With this move, Santos has joined many other energy players writing down assets due to the oil and gas price downturn caused by the pandemic.

The company has revised its oil price outlook and expects brent prices this year of $45 a barrel, rising gradually over the next four years to $62.50 per barrel in 2024.

This means the company reduced its long-term price assumption by over 10 percent while also forecasting a slower recovery in the short to medium term.

Santos said it expects the impairment charge to increase its gearing by about 1.5 percent adding that its debt covenants “have sufficient headroom and are not under threat at current oil prices for a number of years.”