据WENews网站1月8日休斯顿报道，美国第4大油气生产商西方石油公司（Oxy）周一表示，该公司预计今年将根据原油价格支出44亿至53亿美元。

总部位于休斯顿的Oxy在2018年花费了大约50亿美元。Oxy是美国最大油田二叠纪盆地的最大生产商之一。Oxy周一在高盛全球能源会议上宣布了上述支出计划。

美国生产商面临来自投资者的压力，后者要求他们控制支出、提高利润，并通过股息或股票回购向股东返还资金。

Oxy在报告中指出，即使在每桶40美元的油价下，Oxy仍能维持派息和保持生产水平稳定，不会超支现金流。Oxy还表示，该公司今年将完成一项20亿美元的股票回购计划。

在油价每桶50美元的情况下，Oxy将维持派息，石油和天然气产量将增长5% - 8%。

其2019年最高油价方案为每桶60美元，其中包括50亿至53亿美元的支出以及将产量提高11%至13%。

美国基准原油价格去年曾达到每桶76美元的峰值，但此后一直下跌。周一，西德克萨斯中质原油期货价格上涨了56美分，报收于每桶48.52美元，涨幅1.17%。

Oxy在二叠纪盆地拥有140万英亩的探区，二叠纪盆地是页岩繁荣的中心。截至去年第三季度末，Oxy平均每天从二叠纪盆地开采出22.5万桶石油。Oxy在哥伦比亚和阿曼也拥有资产以及中流和化工业务。

李峻 编译自 WENews.com

原文如下：

Oxy Sees 2019 Capex Range of $4.4 Bln to $5.3 Bln

U.S. oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Monday it expects to spend $4.4 billion to $5.3 billion this year, depending on the price of crude oil.

Houston-based Oxy spent around $5 billion in 2018. The company is one of the largest producers in the Permian Basin, the biggest U.S. oil field, and made the spending announcements Monday at the Goldman Sachs Global Energy Conference.

U.S. producers are under pressure from investors to rein in expenses, improve profits and return money to shareholders through dividends or share buybacks.

Oxy noted in its presentation that even at a price of $40 per barrel it could maintain its dividend, keep its production level steady and not outspend its cash flow. It also said it would complete a $2 billion share repurchase program this year.

At $50 crude oil, Oxy would maintain its dividend and grow oil and gas production 5 to 8 percent.

Its highest 2019 oil price scenario was $60 per barrel and included spending $5 billion to $5.3 billion and boosting production 11 to 13 percent.

The U.S. benchmark crude oil peaked last year at $76 per barrel but has fallen since. On Monday, West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 56 cents to settle at $48.52 a barrel, a 1.17 percent gain.

Oxy holds 1.4 million acres in the Permian Basin, the heart of the shale boom. It was pumping 225,000 barrels of oil per day there at the end of the third quarter. Oxy also has assets in Columbia and Oman, as well as midstream and chemicals businesses.