哈里伯顿将股息削减75%

据全球能源新闻5月21日消息，油田服务提供商哈里伯顿 (Halliburton)周三将季度股息削减了75%，这是该公司为应对3月份开始的油价暴跌而采取的最新举措。

由于与疫情有关的封锁以及产油国之间的价格战导致需求破坏，美国的石油价格在整个三月和四月经历了历史性的下跌。

随着石油和天然气勘探公司为了在低油价下生存而停止钻探，像哈里伯顿这样提供钻探设备和服务的公司遭受了沉重打击。

哈里伯顿和规模更大的竞争对手斯伦贝谢(Schlumberger)和贝克休斯(Baker Hughes)公布第一季度亏损，原因是低油价导致资产大幅减记。

这三家服务提供商也都大幅削减了今年的支出计划，哈里伯顿公司的削减幅度为50%，是业内降幅最大的公司之一。

作为削减10亿美元成本计划的一部分，哈里伯顿已经降低了公司高管的薪水，并从休斯顿总部裁员约1,000人。

该公司在6月24日设定了每股0.045美元的股息，低于3月25日每股0.18美元的股息。

全球最大油服公司斯伦贝谢上个月削减了75%的股息。

周三，哈里伯顿董事会成员还同意将他们的年度保留金削减20%。

随着美国原油价格攀升至每桶32.18美元，哈里伯顿公司股价在盘前交易中上涨了约3%。尽管如此，哈里伯顿的股价和美国原油价格都仅为年初的一半左右。

裘寅 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下：

Halliburton Cuts Dividend 75%

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co slashed its quarterly dividend by 75% align="justify">U.S. oil prices experienced historic drops throughout March and April, brought align="justify">As oil and gas explorers slam the brakes align="justify">Halliburton and larger rivals Schlumberger and Baker Hughes Co posted losses for the first quarter, owing to heavy writedowns align="justify">Each of the three service providers have also slashed their spending plans for the year, with Halliburton's 50% reduction among the deepest in the industry.

Halliburton has already lowered salaries for the company's executives and cut roughly 1,000 jobs from its headquarters in Houston as part of a plan to reduce $1 billion of costs.

The company set a dividend of $0.045 per share payable align="justify">Schlumberger, the world's largest services provider, slashed its dividend by 75% last month.

Members of Halliburton's board also agreed to reduce their annual retainer by 20% align="justify">Halliburton's shares rose about 3% in premarket trading as U.S. crude oil prices climbed to $32.18 a barrel. Still, both Halliburton's shares and U.S. crude are at about half of what they began the year at.