伯克希尔哈撒韦公司出售其西方石油股份

据世界石油网站8月16日报道 巴菲特旗下的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司（Berkshire Hathaway）在第二季度出售了西方石油公司的普通股，这给今年历史性的石油暴跌期间表现最差的公司之一带来了进一步的压力。

去年，伯克希尔在优先股上投资100亿美元，帮助西方石油公司收购阿纳达科石油公司提供了资金。伯克希尔还从普通股优先股中获得了最近一次2亿美元的季度股息。

上周五提交的一份监管文件显示，伯克希尔不再持有西方石油公司的股份，这表明巴菲特一直在出售作为股息获得的普通股，以减少他对总部位于休斯顿的石油生产商的整体敞口。

今年表现最差的S&P 500能源指数下跌了64%。

王磊 摘译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Berkshire Hathaway sells its Oxy stake

HOUSTON (Bloomberg) --Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold its Occidental Petroleum Corp. common equity in the second quarter, heaping further pressure on one of the worst performers during this year’s historic oil rout.

Berkshire had built up the stake in addition to its $10 billion investment in preferred shares last year, which helped fund Occidental’s ill-fated takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. It also received its most-recent $200 million-a-quarter dividend from the preferred shares in common stock.

That Berkshire no longer shows a stake in Occidental, revealed in a regulatory filing Friday, indicates that Buffett has been selling the common stock he received as dividends to reduce his overall exposure to the Houston-based oil producer.

Occidental has tumbled 64% this year, making it the worst performer in the S&P 500 Energy Index.