Oxy希望美国政府向石油公司提供财政援助

据彭博新闻社休斯顿报道，美国西方石油公司（Oxy）近日在一封信中表示，作为二叠纪盆地最大原油生产商的Oxy希望美国政府向美国石油公司提供财政援助，但Oxy敦促德州监管机构不要干预市场。

这一呼吁对Oxy首席执行官霍鲁布的重要性可见一斑。Oxy敦促公司员工向国会议员们发送一份事先写好的愿望清单。除此之外，Oxy还希望美国政府“通过这段前所未有的需求破坏和不可持续的定价，为能源行业提供变现能力，直到经济状况恢复正常。”

这封被彭博新闻社看到的与一份注有4月7日日期的内部电子邮件连接在一起的信还鼓励政府与沙特阿拉伯谈判来结束沙特与俄罗斯之间爆发的价格战。

Oxy的一位代表拒绝对此事置评。

在这封邮件发出的同一天，Oxy向德州铁路委员会提出上诉拒绝强制减产。Oxy表示，被该公司的一些规模较小的二叠纪竞争对手一直强烈支持的产量上限将是“极其短视的”，并将妨碍合同义务。

李峻 编译自 彭博社

原文如下：

Oxy wants financial aid, not market support, for U.S. oil companies

Occidental Petroleum wants U.S. government financial aid for the oil industry even as the biggest producer of Permian Basin crude urges Texas regulators not to interfere with market forces.

In a sign of how important the appeal is to Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub, employees are being urged to send a pre-written wish list to Congress members. Among other things, the company wants the government to “provide liquidity to the energy industry through this period of unprecedented demand destruction and unsustainable pricing until normal economic conditions return.”

The letter, linked in an internal email dated April 7 and seen by Bloomberg News, also encourages the administration to negotiate with Saudi Arabia and end the kingdom’s price war with Russia. Lawmakers are asked to advocate to support buying oil for the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

A representative for Occidental declined to comment.

The email was sent the same day that Occidental appealed to the Texas Railroad Commission to reject mandated production cuts. Occidental said output caps, which have been strongly supported by some of the company’s smaller Permian rivals, would be “extremely short-sighted” and would interfere with contractual obligations.