Aker BP计划将今年资本和勘探支出削减20%

据OE网站3月23日报道，挪威独立石油公司AkerBP周一表示，因冠状病毒，其将推迟未经批准的项目，将计划的今年资本和勘探支出削减20%，但保持其生产指导。

今年的资本支出将减少到12亿美元，勘探支出将减少到4亿美元，而在2021-2022年，其预计资本支出将“大大低于” 10亿美元。

该公司补充道，其还计划通过推迟所有非关键性活动（例如维护），将生产成本降低约20％，至每桶油当量7-8美元。

Aker BP首席执行官卡尔·约翰尼·赫斯维克( Karl Johnny Hersvik )表示，通过我们目前正在采取的措施，Aker BP已做好充分准备，以应对充满挑战的市场形势，并且我们拥有足够的财务资源来寻求未来增值的增长机会。

Aker BP表示，计划的措施（包括推迟Hod和Valhall油田的再开发项目）预计不会对公司今年的生产能力产生重大影响，其日产20.5万—22万桶油当量的指导原则保持不变 。其雄心勃勃的继续支付股息的决心“仍然坚定”，但董事会仍必须评估疫情和油价下跌对其资产负债表和流动性的影响。

Aker BP此前曾计划今年支付8.5亿美元的股息，到2023年每年将增加1亿美元的支出。

挪威最大的油气公司Equinor周日表示，由于冠状病毒和油价下跌，已暂停了其正在进行的50亿美元的股票回购计划。

格林威治标准时间08：33，在奥斯陆交易的Aker BP（BP拥有30％的股份）下跌4.6％，表现不佳的欧洲油气指数下跌3.65％。

郝芬 译自 OE 网站

原文如下：

Aker BP Postpones Offshore Projects Due to Coronavirus

Norwegian independent oil firm Aker BP will postpone non-sanctioned projects to cut its planned 2020 capital and exploration spending by 20% due to the coronavirus but maintains its production guidance, it said on Monday.

Capital spending for this year would be reduced to $1.2 billion and exploration spending to $400 million, while in 2021-2022 it expects capital spending to be "well below" $1 billion.

It also aimed to cut production costs by around 20% to $7-8 per barrel of oil equivalent by postponing all non-critical activities, such as maintenance, it added.

"With the measures we are now undertaking, Aker BP is well prepared to face the challenging market situation, and we have the financial resources to pursue value accretive growth opportunities ahead," Aker BP's Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said.

The planned measures, which include postponement of the Hod and Valhall field redevelopment projects, are not expected to have a material impact on the company's production capacity in 2020, and its guidance of 205,000-220,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day remained unchanged, Aker BP said.

The company said its ambition to continue paying dividends "remained firm", but the board still had to assess the impact on its balance sheet and liquidity from the coronavirus and oil price fall.

Aker BP had previously planned to pay $850 million in dividends in 2020, increasing payouts by $100 million each year until 2023.

Norway's largest oil and gas firm Equinor said on Sunday it had suspended its ongoing $5 billion share buyback program due to the coronavirus and the fall in oil prices.

Oslo-traded shares of Aker BP, 30% owned by BP, were down 4.6% at 0833 GMT, underperforming a European oil and gas index down 3.65%.