据离岸工程网站4月28日消息 美国石油生产商赫斯公司周三宣布，尽管产量下降，但第一季度仍实现盈利，因为冬季风暴提振了对天然气的需求，COVID-19疫苗的稳步推广有助于油价复苏。

　　今年前三个月，全球原油价格平均在61美元左右，建立在2020年底开始复苏的基础上。周三价格在67美元左右。

　　这家石油生产商表示，第一季度，不包括对冲在内的原油平均实际售价从第四季度的39.45美元飙升至52.52美元/桶。

　　今年第一季度，该公司还销售了420万桶巴肯原油，这些原油是去年石油低迷时期储存在两艘大型原油运输船上，这使得该季度的收入增加了约7000万美元。

　　赫斯是本季度第一家公布企业盈利的主要油气生产商，在截至3月31日的报告季度，该公司公布调整后利润为2.52亿美元，每股收益为82美分，而第四季度亏损1.76亿美元，每股收益为58美分。

　　该公司还将全年产量预测下调至29-29.5万桶油当量/天，而此前的预测约为31万桶油当量/天，原因是部分合同、资产销售和北达科他州寒冷天气条件的影响导致产量下降。

　　吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

　　原文如下：

　　Hess Corp Swings to Quarterly Profit

　　U.S. oil producer Hess Corp on Wednesday swung to a profit in the first quarter despite lower production, as a winter storm boosted demand for natural gas, while steady COVID-19 vaccine rollouts aided a recovery in oil prices.

　　Global crude prices have averaged around $61 in the first three months of the year, building on a recovery it began late in 2020. Prices were trading around $67 on Wednesday.

　　The oil producer said its average realized crude oil selling price, excluding hedges, surged to $52.52 per barrel in the first quarter from $39.45 in the fourth.

　　In the first quarter, the company also sold 4.2 million barrels of Bakken crude oil that it had stored on two 'very large crude carriers' during last year's oil downturn that boosted its income by about $70 million in the quarter.

　　Hess, the first major oil and gas producer to report corporate earnings this season, posted an adjusted profit of $252 million, or 82 cents per share, in the reported quarter ended March 31, from a loss of $176 million, or 58 cents, in the fourth quarter.

　　The company also cut its full-year production forecast,to between 290,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) and 295,000 boepd, from a prior estimate of about 310,000 boepd, attributing the decline to lower volumes received on some contracts, asset sales and the impact of frigid weather conditions in North Dakota.

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