據石油和天然氣管道新聞網3月25日消息，美國雪佛龍公司宣布將根據市場情況采取措施降低成本。

雪佛龍概述了其計劃，將把2020年上游和勘探支出的指導削減20%，至160億美元。預計整個投資組合將出現削減，估計如下：

20億美元——非常規上游石油，主要在二疊紀盆地

7億美元——上游項目和勘探

5億美元——上游分布在美國和國際資產上的基礎業務

8億美元——投資于下游及其他化學品的板塊

雪佛龍董事長兼首席執行官邁克爾·沃思表示：“憑借良好的資產負債表和靈活的資本計劃，我們相信雪佛龍是有彈性的，能夠經受住這一具有挑戰性的環境。考慮到大宗商品價格的下跌，我們正在采取行動，希望保證現金流，支撐我們的資產負債表，降低短期產量，并保持長期價值。”

到2020年，現金資本和勘探支出預計將減少33億美元，至105億美元。預計2020年下半年的總資本和勘探支出約為70億美元，比2019年12月公布的批準預算低30%。

程張翔 編譯自 石油和天然氣管道新聞

原文如下：

Chevron to reduce capital spending by US$4 bln

U.S. Chevron has announced steps it is taking to reduce costs in response to market conditions.

Chevron outlined it plans that will see it reducing its guidance for 2020 organic capital and exploratory spending by 20 per cent to $16 billion. Reductions are expected to occur across the portfolio and are estimated as follows:

$2 billion in upstream unconventionals, primarily in the Permian Basin

$700 million in upstream projects and exploration

$500 million in upstream base business spread broadly across our U.S. and international assets

$800 million in downstream & chemicals and other

“With an industry leading balance sheet and a flexible capital program, we believe Chevron is resilient and positioned to withstand this challenging environment,” said Chevron Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth. “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.”

Cash capital and exploratory expenditures are expected to decrease by $3.3 billion to $10.5 billion in 2020. Total capital and exploratory spending in the second half of 2020 is expected to be about $7 billion, an annual run rate 30 per cent lower than the approved budget announced in December 2019.