据美国钻井网站2020年2月14日休斯顿报道，美国著名石油公司马拉松石油公司最近公布的支出计划显示，该公司今年的总资本预算将减少24亿美元，比2019年下降11%。
马拉松石油公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官李?蒂尔曼在一份书面声明中表示：“今年是马拉松石油公司差异化执行的又一年，我们连续第二年全面落实了我们的成功框架。”
蒂尔曼说：“我们继续提高公司的基本回报，我们已经连续8个季度实现了正的有机自由现金流，自2018年初以来，我们已经把超过20%的运营现金流返还给了股东。去年，我们通过大幅降低完井成本和单位生产成本，提高了资本效率，并进一步优化和简化了我们的投资组合。我们还通过全面的资源获取框架的所有元素的成功增强我们的资源基础，通过有机增强、资源利用探索、补强收购和交易来增加超过3年的库存。”
他补充说：“这种专注，加上我们的低有机自由现金流，今年将达到47美元/桶的盈亏平衡点，到2021年甚至更低，这将使马拉松石油公司在跨越广泛的大宗商品价格环境下取得成功。”
李峻 编译自 美国钻井网站
原文如下：
Marathon Cuts 2020 Capital Budget by 11 Percent
In its recent spending plan announcement Marathon Oil Corp. revealed a reduced 2020 total capital budget of $2.4 billion, down 11% from 2019.
"2019 was another year of differentiated execution for Marathon Oil as we comprehensively delivered on our framework for success for the second year in a row," Chairman, President and CEO Lee Tillman said in a written statement.
"We continue to improve our underlying corporate returns, we've delivered positive organic free cash flow for eight consecutive quarters, and we've returned over 20% of our cash flow from operations back to our shareholders since the beginning of 2018. We improved our capital efficiency in 2019 through meaningful reductions in both completed well cost and unit production expense, and further optimized and simplified our portfolio. We also enhanced our resource base through success across all elements of our comprehensive resource capture framework, adding over three years of inventory through organic enhancement, Resource Play Exploration, and bolt-on acquisitions and trades.
“This focus, along with our low organic free cash flow breakeven of $47/bbl in 2020, and even lower in 2021, will position Marathon Oil for success across a wide range of commodity price environments."
