EOG Resources Inc.和Coterra Energy Inc.于11月3日成为最新一家在能源价格上涨的背景下公布季度利润并提高股东回报的石油和天然气生产商。

西方对主要出口国俄罗斯的制裁以及欧佩克+在本已紧张的市场中限制供应的决定，已将今年的能源价格推至多年高位。

这帮助 EOG 将季度股息提高了 10%，并宣布派发每股 1.50 美元的特别股息。Coterra 承诺将近三分之一的自由现金流返还给股东，并将现金股息较上一季度增加 5%。

美国石油巨头的巨额股息和出色的盈利引起了美国总统乔·拜登的愤怒，他称这些石油巨头的利润是乌克兰的“战争之横财”，并威胁称，如果它们不提高产量以缓解供应紧缩，就将提高税收。

埃克森美孚和雪佛龙本周早些时候公布利润激增，而康菲石油公司在季度净利润几乎翻倍后将其股票回购计划提高至 450 亿美元。

EOG 表示，本季度美国原油平均实现价格上涨 35%，至每桶 96.05 美元。产量增长 8.9%，达到 919,200 桶油当量/天。

这家总部位于休斯顿的公司还宣布在俄亥俄州尤蒂卡页岩盆地拥有 395,000 净英亩的土地。

截至 9 月 30 日的三个月，其净利润为 28.4 亿美元，即每股 4.86 美元，而去年同期为 11 亿美元，即每股 1.88 美元。

Coterra 的季度利润从去年的 6400 万美元跃升至 12 亿美元。

EOG Resources Inc. and Coterra Energy Inc. on Nov. 3 became the latest oil and gas producers to post bumper quarterly profits and boost shareholder returns on the back of a rally in energy prices.

Western sanctions against major exporter Russia and OPEC+’s decision to curb supply in an already tight market have pushed energy prices to multiyear highs this year.

That helped EOG raise its quarterly dividend by 10% and declare a special dividend of $1.50 per share. Coterra pledged to return nearly a third of its free cash flow to shareholders and increased cash dividends by 5% from the prior quarter.

Hefty dividends and stellar earnings from U.S. oil majors have drawn the ire of President Joe Biden, who called their profits “a windfall of war” in Ukraine and threatened higher taxes if they do not boost production to ease the supply crunch.

Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported a surge in profits earlier this week, while ConocoPhillips raised its equity buyback plan to $45 billion after quarterly net income nearly doubled.

EOG said its average realized U.S. crude price rose 35% to $96.05 per barrel in the reported quarter. Production was up 8.9% at 919,200 boe/d.

The Houston-based company also announced a 395,000 net acre position in the Ohio Utica Shale basin.

Its net income came in at $2.84 billion, or $4.86 per share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with $1.1 billion, or $1.88 per share, last year.

Coterra’s quarterly profit jumped to $1.2 billion from last year's $64 million.