340 billion yuan!The world's five major oil giants have a record!Multi -countries announced: tax increase!The tax rate is high ...

Affected by multiple factors, energy prices such as oil and natural gas have been significantly increased since this year, and many international energy companies have made a lot of money. The latest financial report shows that the total profit of the world's five major oil giants Ex Sen Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Daedal and British Petroleum Corporation reached about 51 billion US dollars (about RMB 340 billion) in the second quarter of this year, setting a historical record. So, will the momentum of energy companies continue? What impact will the huge profit tax levied by some countries will have on them?

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The recent surge in energy prices has made energy companies unique in the entire US bear market, and the increase is very dazzling. This week, I saw the energy giants began to release the second quarter financial report, and many data confirmed this again.

The latest financial report released by Shell Company shows that the net profit after the second quarter was $ 11.47 billion, exceeding the average estimated $ 11.22 billion of the previous analysts, and higher than the net profit of US $ 9.13 billion in the first quarter of this year. This has made Shell not only break the company's net profit record in the second quarter, but also has created a break -breaking profit for two consecutive quarters, and the trend is very strong.

In addition to the shells, the financial reports of several other energy giants are also very eye -catching, and in an interview with CNBC, analysts believe that this trend will continue in the second half of this year.

According to the analysis report, the free cash flow of the global oil and gas industry, that is, the remaining cash flow generated by enterprises and after meeting the needs of re -investment, will reach a scale of $ 834 billion at the end of this year, an increase of 70%over last year.

This will make global energy giants significantly reduce liabilities, and at the same time announce the large -scale stock repurchase plan to further benefit the stock price outlook.

Industry insiders call the second quarter of the industry blowout, and Reuters also refer to energy giants as "cash machines". However, some people in the industry also issued a warning sound.

The first is the uncertainty of global economic recession. In the second quarter of the United States, GDP decreased by 0.9%month -on -month, and theoretically fell into a technical recession. If the global economy has entered a decline, then energy facing demand is reduced, which will be a blow for oil companies. In addition, the petroleum giants are currently facing the pressure of public opinion and potential taxes from the government.

Britain announced in May that it levied 25%of the huge profit tax on petroleum and natural gas producers. In addition, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary and other countries have levied huge profit tax on the energy industry. In the United States, members of Congress have proposed a draft, hoping to levy a 21%tax rate for high profit companies with an annual revenue of more than $ 1 billion in oil and gas companies. The current draft has not been passed, but the next policy changes are not ruled out.

Source: CCTV Finance

Edit: Wang Zhaoyi

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