據今日油價3月24日報道，美國超級能源巨頭雪佛龍周二表示，該公司正在削減資本支出，特別是二疊紀，并暫停其股票回購計劃。隨著石油價格暴跌至盈虧平衡點以下，該公司是最近削減數十億美元資本支出的石油巨頭。

雪佛龍正在將其2020年資本支出計劃削減20％，從40億美元降至至160億美元，以保護其股息和資產負債表。

在削減的40億美元資本支出中，有20億美元削減的是上游非常規能源，主要是在二疊紀盆地。另外，上游項目和勘探將削減7億美元，美國和國際資產的上游基礎業務將削減5億美元，下游和化工領域將削減8億美元。

該超級能源巨頭在第一季度回購了17.5億美元的股票后，還暫停了其50億美元的年度股票回購計劃。

雪佛龍表示，去年該公司和埃克森美孚都押注了大規模二疊紀產量，其二疊紀日產量預計比以前的指導水平減少12.5萬桶石油當量，即20%。

雪佛龍公司董事長兼首席執行官邁克爾·沃思在一份聲明中表示，鑒于大宗商品價格下跌，我們正在采取行動以確保現金，支持我們的資產負債表實力，降低短期產量并保持長期價值。

雪佛龍首席財務官Pierre Breber表示，我們的重點是保護股息，優先考慮可驅動長期價值的資本以及支持資產負債表。

受疫情打擊的需求沖擊和價格戰驅動的供應沖擊，油價暴跌后，隨著資本支出削減和股票回購中止，雪佛龍加入了其他幾家石油巨頭的宣布削減開支行列。

埃克森美孚上周表示，其正在尋求“由于疫情和大宗商品價格下跌而導致的市場狀況，大幅減少支出”。

殼牌和道達爾公司周一宣布削減資本支出，并暫停各自的股票回購計劃。

郝芬 譯自 今日油價

原文如下:

This Supermajor Is About To Slash Permian Oil Production

Chevron is slashing capital expenditures, especially in the Permian, and is suspending its share buyback program, the U.S. supermajor said on Tuesday. It is the latest oil major to slash billions of capital expenditures as oil prices plummet to below breakeven levels.

Chevron is axing its 2020 capital spending plan by $4 billion, or by 20 percent, to $16 billion, to protect its dividend and balance sheet in one of the worst oil price routs in recent memory.

Of the $4-billion CAPEX cut, $2 billion will be slashed across upstream unconventionals, primarily in the Permian Basin. Another $700 million will be cut from upstream projects and exploration, $500 million from upstream base business across U.S. and international assets, and $800 million from the downstream & chemicals sector.

The supermajor also suspended its $5 billion annual share repurchase program after repurchasing $1.75 billion of shares in Q1.

Chevron’s Permian production, on which both Chevron and Exxon bet big last year, is expected to be about 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or 20 percent, below the previous guidance, Chevron said today.

“Given the decline in commodity prices, we are taking actions expected to preserve cash, support our balance sheet strength, lower short-term production, and preserve long-term value,” Chevron’s Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth said in a statement.

Chevron’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber said:“Our focus is on protecting the dividend, prioritizing capital that drives long-term value, and supporting the balance sheet.”

With CAPEX cuts and share buyback suspension, Chevron joins other major oil firms that have announced spending reductions in recent days after oil prices crashed on the coronavirus-hit demand shock and price-war-driven supply shock.

ExxonMobil said last week it was looking to “significantly reduce spending as a result of market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and commodity price decreases.”

Shell and Total announced on Monday reductions in capital expenditures and suspension of their respective share buyback programs.