雪佛龙将削减二叠纪石油产量

据今日油价3月24日报道，美国超级能源巨头雪佛龙周二表示，该公司正在削减资本支出，特别是二叠纪，并暂停其股票回购计划。随着石油价格暴跌至盈亏平衡点以下，该公司是最近削减数十亿美元资本支出的石油巨头。

雪佛龙正在将其2020年资本支出计划削减20％，从40亿美元降至至160亿美元，以保护其股息和资产负债表。

在削减的40亿美元资本支出中，有20亿美元削减的是上游非常规能源，主要是在二叠纪盆地。另外，上游项目和勘探将削减7亿美元，美国和国际资产的上游基础业务将削减5亿美元，下游和化工领域将削减8亿美元。

该超级能源巨头在第一季度回购了17.5亿美元的股票后，还暂停了其50亿美元的年度股票回购计划。

雪佛龙表示，去年该公司和埃克森美孚都押注了大规模二叠纪产量，其二叠纪日产量预计比以前的指导水平减少12.5万桶石油当量，即20%。

雪佛龙公司董事长兼首席执行官迈克尔·沃思在一份声明中表示，鉴于大宗商品价格下跌，我们正在采取行动以确保现金，支持我们的资产负债表实力，降低短期产量并保持长期价值。

雪佛龙首席财务官Pierre Breber表示，我们的重点是保护股息，优先考虑可驱动长期价值的资本以及支持资产负债表。

受疫情打击的需求冲击和价格战驱动的供应冲击，油价暴跌后，随着资本支出削减和股票回购中止，雪佛龙加入了其他几家石油巨头的宣布削减开支行列。

埃克森美孚上周表示，其正在寻求“由于疫情和大宗商品价格下跌而导致的市场状况，大幅减少支出”。

壳牌和道达尔公司周一宣布削减资本支出，并暂停各自的股票回购计划。

郝芬 译自 今日油价

原文如下:

This Supermajor Is About To Slash Permian Oil Production

Chevron is slashing capital expenditures, especially in the Permian, and is suspending its share buyback program, the U.S. supermajor said on Tuesday. It is the latest oil major to slash billions of capital expenditures as oil prices plummet to below breakeven levels.

Chevron is axing its 2020 capital spending plan by $4 billion, or by 20 percent, to $16 billion, to protect its dividend and balance sheet in one of the worst oil price routs in recent memory.

Of the $4-billion CAPEX cut, $2 billion will be slashed across upstream unconventionals, primarily in the Permian Basin. Another $700 million will be cut from upstream projects and exploration, $500 million from upstream base business across U.S. and international assets, and $800 million from the downstream & chemicals sector.

The supermajor also suspended its $5 billion annual share repurchase program after repurchasing $1.75 billion of shares in Q1.

Chevron’s Permian production, on which both Chevron and Exxon bet big last year, is expected to be about 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or 20 percent, below the previous guidance, Chevron said today.

“Given the decline in commodity prices, we are taking actions expected to preserve cash, support our balance sheet strength, lower short-term production, and preserve long-term value,” Chevron’s Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth said in a statement.

Chevron’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber said:“Our focus is on protecting the dividend, prioritizing capital that drives long-term value, and supporting the balance sheet.”

With CAPEX cuts and share buyback suspension, Chevron joins other major oil firms that have announced spending reductions in recent days after oil prices crashed on the coronavirus-hit demand shock and price-war-driven supply shock.

ExxonMobil said last week it was looking to “significantly reduce spending as a result of market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and commodity price decreases.”

Shell and Total announced on Monday reductions in capital expenditures and suspension of their respective share buyback programs.