据道琼斯3月17日消息,美国康菲石油公司表示,公司计划削减2017年前的资本支出,这反映了大宗商品价格仍将维持波动的预期。
康菲石油周二在纽约召开的分析师和投资者会议前发布的新闻公告中称,公司最新的三年投资计划中已经将每年的资本支出削减至约115亿美元,公司先前的计划是每年投资160亿美元。
康菲石油公司董事长兼CEO 赖安.兰斯在公告中称:“由于2014年底以来大宗商品价格下跌,我们决定调整2015年公司的投资。当前公司认为在可以预见的未来,大宗商品价格仍将走低并且波动更加剧烈,因此公司的投资必须谨慎。”
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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DJ Conoco Cuts Long-Term Capital Spending Plan
By Tess Stynes
ConocoPhillips said it plans to curb capital spending through 2017 to reflect expectations that commodities prices will remain volatile.
The oil-and-gas company said in a news release ahead of its analyst and investor meeting Tuesday in New York that its three-year investment plan reduces annual capital expenditures to about $11.5 billion, versus the company's previous plan of approximately $16 billion of annual capital expenditures.
"As commodity prices declined in late 2014, we took decisive action to adjust our 2015 spending," Chairman and Chief Executive Ryan Lance said in a prepared statement. "We now believe it is prudent to position the company for lower, more volatile prices for the foreseeable future. "