据道琼斯伦敦10月27日消息,英国石油公司(BP)周二表示,因低油价继续拖累该公司业绩表现,三季度公司利润较上年同期下降近一半。
该公司表示,三季度公司的重置成本利润(相当于美国石油公司的净利润)为12.3亿美元,低于上年同期的23.9亿美元。
三季度BP的业绩受到一笔2010年墨西哥湾漏油事件相关的4.26亿美元支出以及一笔与油价持续处在低位相关的1.51亿美元重组支出拖累。该公司预计,2014年第四季度至2016年年底,重组支出总额将为约25亿美元。
不过,该公司也列出了一项应对低油价环境的计划,将把成本和开支减少至一定水平,以使2017年前在油价为60美元/桶的情况下实现现金流足以覆盖资本支出和派息。
英国石油计划未来两年将资本支出维持在170亿至190亿美元区间,同时使现金成本较2014年削减逾60亿美元。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
BP Profit Falls on Weaker Oil Prices
By Sarah Kent
LONDON-- BP PLC on Tuesday said its earnings in the third quarter nearly halved compared with a year earlier, as low oil prices continue to buffet the company's financial performance.
London-based BP said its replacement cost profit--a number analogous to the net income that U.S. oil companies report--was $1.23 billion, compared with a profit of $2.39 billion a year earlier.
The company's earnings were dented by a $426 million charge related to its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and a restructuring charge of $151 million amid consistently low prices. The company said cumulative restructuring charges from the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2014 to the end of 2016 are expected to total around $2.5 billion.
However, BP also laid out a plan to manage the lower oil price environment, reducing costs and spending to a point where it can cover its capital expenditure and dividend from cash flow by 2017 in a $60 a barrel price environment.
The British oil giant announced plans to keep its capital spending in the range of $17 billion to $19 billion over the next two years and reduce cash costs by over $6 billion compared with 2014.