壳牌削减40亿美元运营成本

据3月23日Offshore Energy报道，为了应对当前的市场环境，石油巨头壳牌公司决定在2020年将运营成本削减40亿美元，并将资本支出从250亿美元削减至200亿美元。

壳牌首席执行官本?范伯登(Ben van Beurden)表示:“除了在这个困难时期保护我们的员工和客户，我们还将立即采取措施，确保公司业务的财务实力和弹性。我们第一次遇到石油需求急剧下降和供应迅速增加这样的双重压力，但壳牌在过去经受住了多次市场波动的考验。”

为了产生可持续的现金流，壳牌正积极管理其所有的运营和财务杠杆——从专注于每天维持安全可靠的运营，到减少资本支出和运营支出。

该公司表示，正在实施一系列的运营和财务举措，预计在未来12个月里，与2019年的水平相比，基础运营成本将减少30-40亿美元;将2020年的现金资本开支由计划的约250亿元减至200亿元或以下;营运资金将大幅减少。

壳牌董事会已决定，在当前股票回购部分完成后，不再继续执行下一期股票回购计划。该公司表示：“我们将继续评估动态变化的商业环境，并准备做出进一步的战略决策，在必要时考虑对整体财务框架进行调整。”

邹勤 摘译自 Offshore Energy

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Shell moves to cut costs due to coronavirus outbreak

In response to the current market environment, oil major Shell has decided to reduce its operating costs by up to $4 billion in 2020 and to cut its capital expenditure from $25 billion to $20 billion.

“As well as protecting our staff and customers in this difficult time, we are also taking immediate steps to ensure the financial strength and resilience of our business,” said Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell.

“The combination of steeply falling oil demand and rapidly increasing supply may be unique, but Shell has weathered market volatility many times in the past.”

In order to deliver sustainable cash flow generation, Shell is actively managing all its operational and financial levers – from focusing on maintaining safe and reliable operations each day to reducing capital spend and operating expenses.

According to the company, it is embarking on a series of operational and financial initiatives that are expected to result in reduction of underlying operating costs by $3-4 billion per annum over the next 12 months compared to 2019 levels; reduction of cash capital expenditure to $20 billion or below for 2020 from a planned level of around $25 billion; and material reductions in working capital.

The board of Royal Dutch Shell has decided not to continue with the next tranche of the share buyback program following the completion of the current share buyback tranche.

“We will continue to review the dynamically evolving business environment and are prepared to take further strategic decisions and consider changes to the overall financial framework as necessary,” Shell said.