康菲石油将在第三季度末扭转大部分减产局面

据离岸工程网站7月30日消息 康菲石油周四表示，预计本季度减产量约为上季度减产量的一半，并将在9月底前恢复大部分产量。此前，由于油价暴跌41%，该公司4月份减产约三分之一。

该公司在6月早些时候恢复了部分被削减的产量，因为原油价格恢复了一些历史性的损失，当时为遏制冠状病毒的传播而实施的封锁措施削弱了燃料需求。

在截至6月30日的第二季度，除利比亚外，康菲石油的总产量下降了24%。

这家总部位于休斯敦的公司公布调整后每股亏损92美分，远高于分析师平均预期的58美分。其股价下跌5.7%，同时原油价格也下跌，因为激增的冠状病毒感染威胁到燃料需求的恢复。

不过，该公司首席执行官兰斯相信，公司拥有约130亿美元的流动性，完全有能力从原油价格不可避免的复苏中获益。

“我们可以更好地抵御价格波动，选择采取减产等措施，并进行高价值、低成本的补强交易。”

兰斯补充说，除了其他因素外，公司还考虑可能放缓的复苏速度，以决定其资本需求。

由于美国轻质原油和布伦特原油的平均价格也下跌了50%以上，康菲石油第二季度的每桶收益减少了一半以上。

该公司在完成澳大利亚西部资产剥离后实现了5.94亿美元的收益，而其在塞诺夫斯能源公司的股份实现了5.51亿美元的未实现收益。

BP、雪佛龙和埃克森美孚预计也将出现罕见的季度亏损，而荷兰皇家壳牌则依靠蓬勃发展的贸易业务勉强避免了这一损失。

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

ConocoPhillips to Reverse Most Output Cuts by End of Q3

ConocoPhillips said on Thursday it expects production curtailments in the current quarter to be roughly half as much as last quarter and will restore most of its output by the end of September, after the oil and gas producer slashed about a third of its output in April as oil prices plunged 41%.

The company restored part of its curtailed volumes earlier in June, as crude prices recovered some of the historic losses they took when lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus sapped fuel demand.

ConocoPhillips' total production, excluding Libya, was down 24% in the second quarter ended June 30.

The Houston-based company posted an adjusted loss of 92 cents per share, much bigger than analysts' average expectation of 58 cents. Its shares fell 5.7%, in tandem also with a drop in crude prices as surging coronavirus infections threaten fuel demand recovery.

Still, Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance was confident that with about $13 billion in liquidity, his company is well-positioned to benefit from an inevitable recovery in crude prices.

"We can better withstand price volatility, elect to take actions such as production curtailments and transact on high value, low-cost of supply bolt-on deals."

Lance added that the company was also considering a potentially slower recovery, among other factors, to decide its capital needs.

Second-quarter earnings for ConocoPhillips from each barrel sold more than halved, as U.S. light crude and Brent crude average prices also fell over 50%.

The company realized a gain of $594 million on completing Australia-West assets divestiture and an unrealized gain of $551 million on its stake in Cenovus Energy.

Oil Majors BP, Chevron and Exxon Mobil are also expected to report rare quarterly losses, while Royal Dutch Shell narrowly avoided that by relying on a booming trading business.