據世界天然氣7月28日消息：俄羅斯液化天然氣出口商諾瓦泰克報告稱，第二季度利潤同比增長逾一倍，至993億盧布(合13.5億美元)，原因是價格回升以及疫情低點后產量反彈。

　　在截至6月30日的三個月中，該公司收入達到2645億盧布，而去年同期為1439億盧布，息稅折舊攤銷前利潤(Ebitda)則從713億盧布飆升至1632億盧布。這三個月的平均產量為172萬桶油當量/天，而第二季度為160萬桶油當量/天。資本支出從613億盧布降至474億盧布，也支撐了收入的增長。

　　諾瓦泰克表示，全球經濟正在逐漸復蘇，這也是該公司供應天然氣的亞洲和歐洲市場天然氣價格創歷史新高的原因之一。但出口商表示，鑒于感染率上升和新病毒毒株出現，這種復蘇是否可持續存在疑問。

　　諾瓦泰克對全球天然氣需求的長期前景持樂觀態度，并計劃在本十年結束前將其液化天然氣供應從目前的約2000萬噸/年增加到7000萬噸/年。諾瓦泰克首席財務官Mark Gyetvay在接受NGW采訪時討論了公司的戰略。

　　馮娟 摘譯自 世界天然氣

　　原文如下：

　　NOVATEK PROFITS MORE THAN DOUBLE IN Q2

　　Profits at Novatek more than doubled year on year to 99.3bn rubles ($1.35bn) in the second quarter, the Russian LNG exporter reported on July 28, on the back of a recovery in prices and a rebound in output following pandemic lows.

　　Revenues reached 264.5bn rubles in the three months ending June 30, versus 143.9bn rubles a year earlier, while Ebitda surged to 163.2bn rubles from 71.3bn. Production averaged 1.72mn barrels of oil equivalent/day in the three months, compared with 1.6mn boe/d in Q2. The increase in income was also supported by a decrease in capital expenditure to 47.4bn rubles from 61.3bn.

　　The global economy is gradually recovering, Novatek said, which is one factor behind historically high gas prices in the Asian and European markets where Novatek supplies its gas. But the exporter said there were questions about whether this recovery was sustainable, given rising COVID-19 infection rates and new virus strains emerging.

　　Novatek is bullish on long-term prospects for global gas demand, and aims to ramp up its LNG supply to up to 70mn metric tons/year by the end of the decade, from around 20mn mt/yr currently. Novatek CFO Mark Gyetvay discussed the company's strategy in an interview on July 2 with NGW.