据国外媒体3月29日休斯敦报道,康菲公司27日在休斯敦表示,由于油价暴跌减少了其在加拿大业务的利润,该公司时下正在寻求出售其在加拿大西部除油砂以外的20%资产。
在加拿大进行常规油砂作业的康菲公司上周曾宣布,该公司计划削减其在加拿大的20%的劳动力或大约200名雇员。削减雇员的主要原因是自去年6月以来已下跌60%多的油价继续疲软。
康菲公司发言人在给路透社的一份声明中说,正在考虑被剥离的资产主要位于艾伯塔省南部和东部、萨斯喀彻温省和不列颠哥伦比亚省的东南部。这些天然气丰富的资产去年第三季度平均每天生产大约3.5万桶油当量。
今年1月份,康菲公司削减了今年资本预算20亿美元至115亿美元并预计在今后的两年里把支出保持在这个水平上。
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ConocoPhillips puts Some Western Canada Assets up for Sale
March 29, 2015
Houston
ConocoPhillips said on Friday it is looking to sell about 20 percent of its production in Western Canada, outside the oil sands, as tumbling oil prices have made operations in the country less profitable.
ConocoPhillips, which operates conventional and oil sands operations in Canada, had announced last week plans to cut about 7 percent of its workforce, or about 200 employees, in the country.
The cuts come amid continued weakening of oil prices, which have fallen more than 60 percent since June.
The properties being considered for divestiture are mainly located in Southern and Eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan and northeastern British Columbia, spokeswoman for the company Andrea Urbanek said in a statement to Reuters.
These natural gas-rich assets produced a total of about 35,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the third quarter, 2014, the company said.
ConocoPhillips had cut its 2015 capital budget by $2 billion to $11.5 billion in January and expects to maintain spending at the level for the next two years.