据油价网2023年8月3日报道，美国第4大石油公司西方石油公司(Oxy)8月3日公布的第二季度收益低于分析师预期，成为受到油价下跌影响的美国主要石油生产商之一。
统计数据显示，Oxy第二季度净利润为6.05亿美元，其中石油和天然气业务的税前利润为11亿美元，而去年同期为16亿美元。税前数据受到波德河盆地资产减记的影响。Oxy表示，该公司已决定不再对这些资产进一步投资。
在报告期内，Oxy的原油实现价格下降32%，至平均每桶73.59美元。
与此同时，Oxy第二季度的油气日产量略高于计划，为121.8万桶油当量。为此，Oxy将其全年油气日产量指导上调至121万桶油当量。
在进一步的更新中，Oxy说，它已经回购了价值约4.25亿美元的普通股，使其今年迄今的股票回购总额达到计划的30亿美元的40%。Oxy还在回购优先股，今年第二季度的回购金额为5.22亿美元，使今年迄今的回购总额达到优先股的12%，即12亿美元。
今年早些时候，Oxy表示将利用去年利润中的额外现金回购股票。当时，Oxy表示，如果油价保持在每桶75美元以上，它可能会加快回购计划。
虽然Oxy一直在向包括沃伦·巴菲特在内的股东返还现金，但巴菲特一直在增持该公司的股票。6月底，伯克希尔哈撒韦公司已将其在Oxy的持股比例提高至25%以上，引发了外界对该公司可能收购Oxy的猜测，尽管巴菲特否认他有任何收购计划。
“有人猜测我们会购买控股权，但我们不会购买控股权，”巴菲特在5月份曾表示，“我们不知道该拿它怎么办。”
李峻 译自 油价网
原文如下：
Occidental Petroleum Falls Short Of Quarterly Profit Expectations
Occidental Petroleum reported earnings results for the second quarter that were below analyst expectations, joining the ranks of oil producers feeling the effect of lower prices.
The net earnings came in at $605 million for the quarter, with pre-tax profits from oil and gas at $1.1 billion, versus $1.6 billion a year earlier. The pre-tax figure was affected by writedowns on assets in the Powder River Basin that Oxy said had decided not to invest in further.
During the reporting period, the company’s realized price for crude oil marked a 32% decline to an average of $73.59.
At the same time, Oxy’s production was marginally higher than planned during the second quarter, at 1.218 million barrels of oil equivalent daily. As a result, the company raised its full-year production guidance to 1.210 million barrels of oil equivalent daily.
In a further update, Occidental said it had bought back some $425 million worth of common shares, bringing its year-to-date repurchase total to 40% of the planned $3 billion. It is also buying back preferred stock, with the amount bought back in the second quarter at $522 million, bringing the year-to-date total to 12% of its preferred stock or $1.2 billion.
Earlier this year, Occidental said it would use the extra cash from its record 2022 profits to buy back stock. At the time, the company said that if oil prices remained above $75 per barrel, it could accelerate its buyback program.
While Oxy has been returning cash to shareholders—including Warren Buffett—Buffett has been buying more stock in the company. By late June, Berkshire Hathaway had boosted its holdings in the company to over 25%, fueling speculation about a possible takeover despite Buffett’s denial that he has any plans for that.
“There’s speculation about us buying control, we’re not going to buy control,” Buffett said in May. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it.”
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