雪佛龙将削减40亿美元资本支出

据石油和天然气管道新闻网3月25日消息，美国雪佛龙公司宣布将根据市场情况采取措施降低成本。

雪佛龙概述了其计划，将把2020年上游和勘探支出的指导削减20%，至160亿美元。预计整个投资组合将出现削减，估计如下：

20亿美元——非常规上游石油，主要在二叠纪盆地

7亿美元——上游项目和勘探

5亿美元——上游分布在美国和国际资产上的基础业务

8亿美元——投资于下游及其他化学品的板块

雪佛龙董事长兼首席执行官迈克尔·沃思表示：“凭借良好的资产负债表和灵活的资本计划，我们相信雪佛龙是有弹性的，能够经受住这一具有挑战性的环境。考虑到大宗商品价格的下跌，我们正在采取行动，希望保证现金流，支撑我们的资产负债表，降低短期产量，并保持长期价值。”

到2020年，现金资本和勘探支出预计将减少33亿美元，至105亿美元。预计2020年下半年的总资本和勘探支出约为70亿美元，比2019年12月公布的批准预算低30%。

程张翔 编译自 石油和天然气管道新闻

原文如下：

Chevron to reduce capital spending by US$4 bln

U.S. Chevron has announced steps it is taking to reduce costs in response to market conditions.

Chevron outlined it plans that will see it reducing its guidance for 2020 organic capital and exploratory spending by 20 per cent to $16 billion. Reductions are expected to occur across the portfolio and are estimated as follows:

$2 billion in upstream unconventionals, primarily in the Permian Basin

$700 million in upstream projects and exploration

$500 million in upstream base business spread broadly across our U.S. and international assets

$800 million in downstream & chemicals and other

“With an industry leading balance sheet and a flexible capital program, we believe Chevron is resilient and positioned to withstand this challenging environment,” said Chevron Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth. “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.”

Cash capital and exploratory expenditures are expected to decrease by $3.3 billion to $10.5 billion in 2020. Total capital and exploratory spending in the second half of 2020 is expected to be about $7 billion, an annual run rate 30 per cent lower than the approved budget announced in December 2019.