據世界石油網站8月16日報道 巴菲特旗下的伯克希爾哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway）在第二季度出售了西方石油公司的普通股，這給今年歷史性的石油暴跌期間表現最差的公司之一帶來了進一步的壓力。

去年，伯克希爾在優先股上投資100億美元，幫助西方石油公司收購阿納達科石油公司提供了資金。伯克希爾還從普通股優先股中獲得了最近一次2億美元的季度股息。

上周五提交的一份監管文件顯示，伯克希爾不再持有西方石油公司的股份，這表明巴菲特一直在出售作為股息獲得的普通股，以減少他對總部位于休斯頓的石油生產商的整體敞口。

今年表現最差的S&P 500能源指數下跌了64%。

王磊 摘譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Berkshire Hathaway sells its Oxy stake

HOUSTON (Bloomberg) --Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold its Occidental Petroleum Corp. common equity in the second quarter, heaping further pressure on one of the worst performers during this year’s historic oil rout.

Berkshire had built up the stake in addition to its $10 billion investment in preferred shares last year, which helped fund Occidental’s ill-fated takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. It also received its most-recent $200 million-a-quarter dividend from the preferred shares in common stock.

That Berkshire no longer shows a stake in Occidental, revealed in a regulatory filing Friday, indicates that Buffett has been selling the common stock he received as dividends to reduce his overall exposure to the Houston-based oil producer.

Occidental has tumbled 64% this year, making it the worst performer in the S&P 500 Energy Index.