In 2022, global oil companies collectively wrote off about $58 billion from their balance sheets due to undervaluation of assets in Russia. calculated Interfax agency.
The leader in terms of losses was the British oil and gas company British Petroleum (BP) – $ 25.52 billion, the second – French Total Energy, which posted $ 14.8 billion, in third place – the loser German Wintershall Dea AG. € 7 billion during the year.
Also in the top 5 are Austrian oil and gas OMV, which lost $2.67 billion, and British-Dutch Shell, which lost $4.186 billion. Also, American Exxon Mobil lost $2.3 billion, and Norwegian Equinor $1.08 billion.
Earlier on March 6, Chairman of the Board of the American oil and gas company Chevron Mike Wirth expression The view that ceiling prices for oil products from Russia create certain difficulties for the functioning of energy markets.
In mid-February, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) declarationthat oil and gas sales will bring exporting companies $4 trillion in 2022, but their revenues from energy sources will begin to decline in the future.