据路透社8月20日报道，澳大利亚Oil Search公司周二表示，在其关键的巴布亚新几内亚液化天然气项目（PNG LNG）强劲产出的推动下，该公司半年利润翻了一番多，并提高了股息。
截至6月30日的六个月，该公司税后净利润从去年同期的7920万美元上升至1.619亿美元，高于花旗提出的1.6亿美元的一致估计。
今年7月，该公司报告称，半年产量较去年同期增长了38%，在当时，一场地震导致埃克森美孚运营的PNG LNG工厂停止了运营，而该工厂中Oil Search公司持股29%。
该公司表示，在过去的半年里，液化天然气和天然气的平均价格为每百万英热9.71美元，高于去年同期的每百万英热9.02美元。
Oil Search公司重申，它预计今年的石油产量将在2800万桶当量至3100万桶当量之间，而成本预计为每桶11至12美元。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
原文如下：
Oil Search half-year profit more than doubles on higher output from PNG project
Australia’s Oil Search on Tuesday said its half-year profit more than doubled and raised its dividend, boosted by robust output at its key Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Net profit after tax rose to $161.9 million for the six months ended June 30, from $79.2 million a year earlier, above a consensus estimate of $160 million cited by Citi.
In July, the company had reported a 38% jump in half-year production from the same period last year, when a deadly earthquake halted operations at the Exxon Mobil-operated PNG LNG plant, in which Oil Search has a 29% stake.
The company said the average realised LNG and gas price was $9.71 per million British Thermal Unit (mmBtu) over the half year, up from $9.02 (mmBtu) a year earlier.
Oil Search reiterated its expectations for output for the year to be between 28 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) to 31 mmboe, while costs are expected to be $11 to $12 per boe.
