据道琼斯1月29日消息,康菲石油公司周四宣布计划将资本预算再削减15%,因这家石油勘探和生产商在油价大跌的情况下去年第四季度出现亏损。
去年12月份康菲石油成为美国首家削减2015年投资预算的美国大型石油生产商,当时公司宣布将2015年投资预算削减20%以应对油价下挫。自那时以来,受来自于美国页岩油大量增加继续冲击全球石油市场,油价已经进一步下跌。
康菲石油周四称,将把资本预算由135亿美元削减至115亿美元,因推迟陆上钻探和开采计划。
第四季度该公司平均实现油价下跌19%,至每桶52.88美元。
当季康菲石油亏损3900万美元,合每股亏损3美分,上年同期实现利润25亿美元,合每股收益2美元。剔除特殊项目,每股收益为60美分,上年同期为1.40美元。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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DJ ConocoPhillips Records Loss, to Further Slash Capital Budget
By Chelsey Dulaney
ConocoPhillips announced plans Thursday to pare its capital budget by another 15% as the exploration and production company swung to a loss in its fourth quarter amid tumbling crude oil prices.
ConocoPhillips in December was the first big U.S. oil producer to slash its 2015 capital spending, shaving 20% off its planned budget to deal with the plunging price of crude. The value of a barrel of oil has slid further since then as a flood of crude from U.S. shale continues to disrupt the global oil market.
ConocoPhillips said Thursday that it will cut its capital budget to $11.5 billion from $13.5 billion as it defers onshore drilling and exploration programs.
In the fourth quarter, ConocoPhillips' average realized price fell 19% to $52.88 per barrel.
Overall, ConocoPhillips reported a loss of $39 million, or three cents a share, compared with a profit of $2.5 billion, or $2 a share, a year earlier. Excluding special items, earnings were 60 cents a share compared to $1.40 a share a year earlier.