西方石油公司进一步削减支出

据3月26日Energy Voice报道，由于当前原油价格保持在历史最低水平，总部位于休斯顿的西方石油公司（Oxy）在第二轮预算削减后，正在实施全面减薪措施。

随着雪佛龙(Chevron)、壳牌(Shell)、道达尔(Total)等众多石油公司为应对数十年来的低油价而削减数十亿美元的开支，西方石油公司制定了支出削减计划。该公司计划从资本预算中削减25亿美元，从运营预算中削减6亿美元。并计划在钻井和竣工项目上投入27亿至29亿美元，较最初的52亿至54亿美元预算减少了47%。

该公司首席执行官维姬?霍鲁布（Vicki Hollub）表示:“我们正在取得实质性进展，进一步降低成本，，以帮助抵御大宗商品价格走低的环境和其他影响我们行业和全球经济的宏观经济压力。”

目前，西德克萨斯中质原油(West Texas Intermediate)的交易价格约为每桶23美元，这是自2002年2月以来的最低价格。

王佳晶 摘译自 Energy Voice

原文如下：

Oxy enacts pay cuts amid deeper budget cuts

Houston exploration and production company Occidental Petroleum is enacting across pay cuts after making a second round of budget cuts as crude oil prices remain stuck at record lows.

Occidental plans to cut $2.5 billion from the its capital budget and $600 million from its operating budget. After the cuts, the company plans to spend between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion on drilling and completion projects, a 47 percent reduction from its original budget of $5.2 billion to $5.4 billion.

“We are making solid progress with additional cost reductions to help withstand the low commodity price environment and other macroeconomic pressures impacting our industry and the global economy,” CEO Vicki Hollub said.

The company enacted the cuts as Chevron, Shell, Total and numerous others in the industry are cutting billions of dollars in response to decades-low oil prices.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil is trading around $23 per barrel, a price that has not been seen since February 2002 .