页岩油气生产商 EOG Resources Inc. 在 10 月 11 日的监管文件中表示，第三季度支付了 8.47 亿美元，以了结能源价格的错误押注。

俄罗斯入侵乌克兰导致能源价格自二月份以来飙升，尽管在九月底时已从十年高位回落。

截至 9 月 30 日的第三季度，美国原油平均价格约为 91.65 美元/桶，低于第二季度 108 美元的平均价格。

然而，天然气价格依然坚挺，第三季度平均价格接近 8 美元/MMBtu，而第二季度平均价格约为 7.60 美元。

为了保护自己免受波动的影响，石油和天然气生产商经常签订“套利合同”，以保证未来以固定价格销售。以较低价格锁定销售或以高于当前价格购买的生产商将因解决差价而蒙受损失。

Shale oil and gas producer EOG Resources Inc. paid $847 million during the third quarter to settle wrong-way bets on energy prices, the company said in a regulatory filing on Oct. 11.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring since February, although they cooled off from decade highs towards the end of September.

U.S. crude oil averaged roughly $91.65/bbl in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, below the $108 average in the second quarter.

Natural gas prices remained strong, however, with an average of near $8/MMBtu in the third quarter compared with around $7.60 in the second.

To protect themselves from volatility, oil and gas producers often enter “hedging contracts,” which guarantee sales at a fixed price in the future. Producers who lock in sales at lower prices or purchases at higher than current prices, lose to settle the differences.