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Total boosts 3Q profit despite oil price slide

  • Mercados: Crude oil, Electricity, Natural gas, Oil products
  • 30/10/25

TotalEnergies delivered a 61pc boost to its third-quarter net profit although oil prices were down by more than $10/bl on a year earlier, it reported today. The French major said that its strong financial result was underpinned by production growth, which featured higher-value crudes, and improved refining margins in Europe.

Total reported a net profit of $3.68bn against $2.69bn for the second quarter and $2.29bn for the third quarter of last year. Adjusted for inventory effects and one-off items, this profit came in at $4bn — which was slightly down on the year-earlier quarter's profit of $4.1bn but in line with analysts' estimates.

TotalEnergies' average production for the quarter increased to 2.51mn b/d of oil equivalent (boe/d) — a 4.1pc improvement on its 2.41mn boe/d output reported for the third quarter of 2024. Several start-up and ramp-ups in Brazil, the US Gulf of Mexico, Argentina and in Denmark contributed to this production boost, while additional production came from acquisitions of OMV's stake in SapuraOMV in Malaysia and shale gas plays in Eagle Ford, Texas. The company expects its oil and gas production to come within a range of 2.525mn-2.575mn boe/d in the fourth quarter as it benefits from the restart of Ichthys LNG in Australia.

The company's upstream Exploration & Production segment delivered adjusted operating income that, at $2.17bn, was 12.6pc lower than that for the year-earlier quarter. Its Integrated LNG segment also produced a year-on-year profit decline, with its adjusted operating income coming in at $852mn compared to $1.06bn in the third quarter of 2024.

But Total's Downstream segment saw a jump in its third quarter adjusted operating income, to $1.07bn from $605mn in the third quarter of 2024. This, it said, was mainly due to much greater refining margins in Europe compared to last year — $63/bl against $15.4/bl — with the company able to capture the improved margins due to the high availability of its assets.

Total's Integrated Power segment also delivered an improved profit, with its adjusted operating income increasing to $571mn in the quarter from $485mn a year earlier. Here, net power production increased year-on-year by 13.5pc to 12.6 TWh.

Analysts at investment bank RBC Capital Markets noted that improved cash flows at TotalEnergies helped it reduce its debt gearing during the quarter to 17.3pc from a 17.9pc three months earlier. The company's cash flow from operations, excluding working capital, was $7.1bn compared to $6.8bn a year earlier.

Total said that it expects its capital spending for the full year to be within its previous guidance range of $17bn-$17.5bn. It also said it would maintain its share repurchase programme at a rate of $1.5bn/quarter.


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