石油设备网讯 据路透社报道，周四，美国独立炼油商瓦莱罗能源公司公布的第一季度营收和利润数据均同比下降，但仍高于市场预期，因为该公司寻求到了抵消艾伯塔省强制减产后加拿大重质原油价格上涨的影响。
艾伯塔省以欧佩克式的决定强制减产，限制了原油的大量供应，从而推高了原油价格。
早前，瓦莱罗能源是美国最大的委内瑞拉原油买家之一，目前该公司一直在用北美和其他来源的轻质原油来弥补原油短缺，从而影响了公司炼油利润。
该公司第一季度的炼油利润下降了约10%，至20亿美元。不过，摩根士丹利的分析师表示，此次利润虽然下降但高于预期是由于墨西哥湾沿岸和北大西洋的炼油利润率好于预期。首席执行长Joe Gorder在一份声明中说：“投资增加了我们系统的灵活性，以及团队对安全的不懈关注，使我们能够在本来较弱的利润率环境中获得不错的利润率。”
瓦莱罗能源炼厂的利用率达到了91%，本季度平均每天生产能力（原油精炼总量）为 290万桶。
在截至3月31日的季度，瓦莱罗能源的净收入从一年前同期的4.69亿美元（每股1.09美元）降至1.41亿美元（每股34美分）。不过，据Refitiv的IBES数据显示，分析师平均预期该公司的每股利润为23美分。
该公司本季度的营收为242.6亿美元，超过了215.1亿美元的预期。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
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Valero Energy beats estimates on profit, revenue
U.S. independent refiner Valero Energy Corp reported less bearish than feared quarterly revenue and profit numbers on Thursday, as it sought to offset the impact of higher prices of heavy Canadian crude following Alberta’s mandatory production cuts.
Alberta’s OPEC-style decision to force production cuts, has limited the heavy oil supply, pushing crude prices up.
Valero, one of the largest buyers of Venezuelan crude in the United States earlier, has been substituting light crude oil from North America and other sources to make up for the lack of heavy crude, impacting refining margins.
Refining margins, or the difference between crude prices and average selling price of refined products, fell about 10 percent to $2 billion. However, analysts at Morgan Stanley said the beat was due to better-than-expected refining margins in the Gulf Coast and North Atlantic.
“Investments to increase our system’s flexibility and the team’s relentless focus on safety enabled us to capture good margins in an otherwise weak margin environment,” Chief Executive Officer Joe Gorder said in a statement.
The refiner’s utilization rate reached 91 percent. Throughput volumes, or the total volume of crude oil refined, averaged 2.9 million barrels per day in the quarter.
Net income attributable to Valero fell to $141 million, or 34 cents per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from $469 million, or $1.09 per share, a year earlier.
Analysts on average had expected the company to post a profit of 23 cents per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
The company’s quarterly revenue for the quarter was $24.26 billion, beating expectations of $21.51 billion.
