康菲大幅削减今年资本支出预算7亿美元

据原油新闻2020年3月18日休斯顿报道，美国第3大石油公司大陆菲利普斯公司（康菲公司）周三表示，由于生产商在新的、可怕的每桶油价不到25美元的情况下继续大幅削减他们的预算，康菲公司将从今年的资本支出计划中削减7亿美元。

康菲公司说，该公司将把今年的资本支出计划削减10%以上，至59亿美元左右，其今年产量指导将下调大约2%，至123万桶油当量/天。

康菲公司首席执行官莱恩?兰斯在一份声明中表示：“我们的行业显然正在经历一场前所未有的事件，它是由同时发生的供需冲击造成的。我们现在采取的行动反映了对当前事件的承认以及对复苏时机和路径的不确定性。”

作为北美最大的独立石油生产商，康菲公司已经在宣传其更为保守的资本支出计划。兰斯称，康菲公司将放缓在美国页岩远景区的活动，并推迟在阿拉斯加的钻探作业，同时还将把今年的股份回购计划再削减15亿美元。

兰斯在周三的电话会议上说：“我们谁也没见过目前能源市场发生的情况。”

但他也指出，一旦价格开始企稳，康菲公司可能会对陷入困境的公司和资产发生兴趣。

李峻 编译自 原油新闻

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ConocoPhillips slashes their budgets deeper

ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it will cut $700 million from its planned 2020 capital spending as producers continue to slash their budgets amid a new, dire oil environment of less than $25/b.

ConocoPhillips said it will slice its 2020 spending by more than 10% down to about $5.9 billion and that its production guidance will fall roughly 2% to a mid-range of 1.23 million boe/d.

"Our industry is clearly experiencing an unprecedented event brought about by simultaneous supply and demand shocks," ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said in a statement. "The actions we are now taking reflect an acknowledgement of current events as well as uncertainty around the timing and path of a recovery."

The largest independent North American producer, ConocoPhillips had already touted itself for its more conservative spending plans. Lance said the company will slow its activity in US shale plays and defer drilling in Alaska, while also reducing its 2020 share repurchasing plans by an additional $1.5 billion.

"None of us have ever seen what's currently taking place in the energy markets," Lance said in a Wednesday conference call.

But he also noted that ConocoPhillips could become an interested buyer of distressed companies and assets once prices begin to stabilize.