据WENews网站2019年2月12日休斯顿报道，由于受到二叠纪盆地产量激增和原油实际价格走高的提振，美国第4大石油公司、美国二叠纪盆地最大石油生产商西方石油公司（Oxy）周二公布的第四季度利润优于分析师饿预估。

受其在该盆地的投资提振，Oxy二叠纪资源部门第四季度产量增长了57%，至25万桶油当量/天。

自2016年底以来，全球油价的回升导致了美国以德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地为中心的页岩油气活动的复苏。美国最近超过了沙特阿拉伯和俄罗斯，成为了世界上最大的石油生产国。

Oxy第四季度的平均日产量增加了13%，达到了70万桶油当量。

Oxy第四季度来自中游和营销部门的营收从上年同期的4.1亿美元增至大约13亿美元。

美国原油价格在第四季度比去年同期平均上涨了7%。

截至去年12月31日的第四季度，Oxy调整后的利润从上年同期的3.13亿美元(合每股41美分)增至9.22亿美元（合每股1.22美元）。

Refinitiv的IBES数据显示，分析师平均预估OXY第四季度每股获利1.14美元。

李峻 编译自 WENews.com

原文如下：

Occidental Petroleum Profit Jumps

Occidental Petroleum Corp on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by a surge in Permian basin production and higher realized prices for its crude.

Production from its Permian resources unit rose 57 percent to 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in the fourth quarter, boosted by its investments in the basin.

A recovery in global oil prices since the end of 2016 led to a resurgence in U.S. shale activity centered around the Permian basin of Texas and New Mexico. U.S. recently edged past Saudi Arabia and Russia, to become the world's top oil producer.

Occidental's Average production was up about 13 percent at 700,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).

Revenue from its midstream and marketing unit rose to about $1.30 billion from $410 million a year earlier.

U.S. crude prices were 7 percent higher on average in the fourth quarter, compared with a year earlier.

The company's adjusted profit rose to $922 million, or $1.22 per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 from $313 million, or 41 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average had estimated the company to post a profit of $1.14 per share, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.