据道琼斯10月28日消息,因计入了大笔减记,第三季度西方石油公司转为亏损26.1亿美元。同时该公司还宣布将退出一些业务,并对部分业务进行评估。
西方石油公司首席执行长Stephen I. Chazen在一次新闻发布会上表示,公司将退出威林斯顿盆地,同时正考虑收缩在中东和北非的非核心业务。
与其它多数公司一样,西方石油公司已经受到能源价格大幅下挫的冲击。
西方石油公司称,第三季,纽约商交所西得州中质油(WTI)、布伦特原油价格分别为每桶46.43美元和51.17美元,较上年同期下跌超过50%。
不过,该公司继续提高产量。第三季的日均产油量攀升了16%,至68.9万桶油当量。
整体而言,西方石油公司第三季实现亏损26.1亿美元,合每股亏损3.42美元;上年同期实现利润12.1亿美元,合每股收益1.55美元。第三季的业绩计入了大约34亿美元的资产减值支出。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
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DJ Occidental Petroleum Swings to Loss
By Chelsey Dulaney
Occidental Petroleum Corp. swung to a $2.61 billion loss in the third quarter amid heavy write-downs and announced it will exit and evaluate some of its operations.
Chief Executive Stephen I. Chazen said in a news release that Occidental will exit the Williston Basin and consider minimizing its involvement in its Middle East and North Africa noncore operations.
Houston-based Occidental, like many other companies, has been hurt by the tumble in energy prices.
In the third quarter, Occidental said WTI and Brent marker prices were $46.43 per barrel and $51.17 per barrel, respectively, down more than 50% from a year earlier.
Still, Occidental continued to add to its production. In the latest quarter, production climbed 16% to 689,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.
Overall, Occidental reported a loss of $2.61 billion, or $3.42 a share, compared with a profit of $1.21 billion, or $1.55 a share, a year earlier.
The latest quarter's results included about $3.4 billion in asset impairment charges.