Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it earned nearly half of its $2 billion net profit last year in the final quarter of 2021.
The Calgary-based energy company says its net income surged 58 per cent to $996.2 million in the fourth quarter from $629.2 million a year earlier.
The result equalled $2.96 per share, up from $2.28 per share in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Revenues from commodity sales for the three months ended Dec. 31 more than doubled to $1.53 billion from $688.4 million in the prior year quarter.
For the full-year, its net profit soared to $2.03 billion or $6.40 per share on $4.7 billion of revenues, up from $618.3 million or $2.27 per share on $2.18 billion of revenues in 2020.
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Tourmaline says its 2021 production increased 42 per cent to 441,115 barrels of oil equivalent per day and 485,078 boepd in the fourth quarter. It generated a record $2.93 billion of cash flow last year, including $968.2 million in the fourth quarter.
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