据道琼斯4月21日消息,因能源生产商削减支出的举措持续削弱需求,斯伦贝谢公司第一季度利润下滑49%,收入也大幅下降。
石油生产商已经削减资本支出计划并暂停钻探项目以应对疲弱的大宗商品价格,从而迫使油田服务公司削减成本。
整体而言,斯伦贝谢公布第一季度利润为5.01亿美元,合每股收益40美分,低于上年同期的9.75亿美元,合每股收益76美分。收入下降36%,至65.2亿美元。
接受汤森路透调查的分析师之前预估,每股收益为39美分,收入为65.1亿美元。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Schlumberger Profit Falls 49% as Revenue Slumps
By Tess Stynes
Schlumberger Ltd. said its first-quarter earnings fell 49% and revenue tumbled as reduced spending by energy producers continued to hurt demand.
Oil producers have slashed their capital spending plans and halted drilling as they struggle with weak commodities prices, which in turn has pressured oil-services companies to reduce their costs.
Over all, Schlumberger reported a profit of $501 million, or 40 cents a share, down from $975 million, or 76 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue decreased 36% to $6.52 billion.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected per-share profit of 39 cents and revenue of $6.51 billion.