据世界天然气7月24日消息，西班牙天然气公司Naturgy继去年同期报告亏损之后，在2019年上半年实现盈利。

该公司报告的净收入为5.92亿欧元(合6.6亿美元)，而去年同期亏损33亿欧元(合36亿美元)。

Naturgy在报告中称，在天然气和电力领域，上半年业绩受到服务销售改善的推动，在电力供应领域实现了强劲的利润率复苏，抵消了国际液化天然气和欧洲发电领域更具挑战性的局面。

报告称，公司新的商业政策、为降低风险做出的努力以及运营效率，也弥补了这一时期全球天然气价格的下跌的情况。

该公司在报告中指出，在本报告所述期间，其天然气销售下降8.3% 至116.1太瓦时，主要是由于西班牙住宅和工业部门的销售下降。

国际液化天然气销售下降21.1%至60.6 太瓦时，短期销售下降49.6%。相反，该公司表示，长期销售增长了56.5%。就其降低风险的努力而言，Naturgy表示，今年已获得约90%的液化天然气产量。

今年上半年，Naturgy的净销售额达到116亿欧元，比2018年上半年的121亿欧元低4.4%。这是由于自由化企业较低的能源价格和销量下降抵消了基础设施活动的增长。

裘寅 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Naturgy swings to first-half profit

Spain’s Naturgy swung to profit during the first half of 2019, following a loss reported in the corresponding quarter last year.

The company reported a net income of €592 million ($660 million) which compares to a €3.3 billion loss ($3.6 billion) in the corresponding period last year.

In Gas & Power, the first-half results have been driven by improvement in services sales, which has experienced a strong margin recovery in power supply, more than offsetting a more challenging scenario in international LNG and Europe power generation, Naturgy said in its report.

The company’s new commercial policies and de-risking efforts, together with efficiencies, have also helped offset the global decline in gas prices during the period, the report says.

The company noted in its report that its gas sales declined by 8.3 percent to 116.1 TWh during the period under review, mainly due to lower sales in the Spanish residential and industrial segments.

Its international LNG sales slumped 21.1 percent to 60.6 TWh as short-term sales dropped by 49.6 percent. On the contrary, long-term sales have grown by 56.5 percent, the company said. In terms of its de-risking efforts, Naturgy said it has already secured approximately 90 percent of its LNG volumes for the year.

Naturgy’s net sales for the period reached €11.6 billion, 4.4 percent below the €12.1 billion reported in the first half of 2018. This was due to lower energy prices and volumes sold in the liberalized businesses that offset the growth in the infrastructure activity.