据全球能源新闻网2019年8月2日休斯顿报道，时下正就380亿美元收购阿纳达科石油公司一事与激进投资者卡尔·伊坎展开斗争的美国西方石油公司（Oxy）公布的统计数据显示，由于这笔交易相关的成本和较弱的化工企业盈利触及底线，Oxy第二季度利润下滑了14%。

尽管如此，这一结果还是超出了华尔街的预期，Oxy的营运现金流从上个季度反弹至29.6亿美元，比上年同期增加了7%。投资者密切关注Oxy的现金流，将其视为公司有能力支付股东支出和运营费用的标志。

统计数据显示，Oxy第二季度核心收入从去年同期的8.48亿美元或每股1.1美元下降到了7.29亿美元或每股0.97美元。Refinitiv的IBES数据显示，分析师原本预计Oxy将在相同的基础上公布每股盈利93美分。

在Oxy的主要业务中，第二季度石油和天然气业务的营业利润下降了7%，至7.26亿美元，化工业务下降了34%，至2.08亿美元，但管道业务利润同比增加了32%，至3.31亿美元。

李峻 编译自 全球能源新闻

原文如下：

Oxy Q2 Earnings Dip

Occidental Petroleum Corp , which is battling activist investor Carl Icahn over its $38 billion purchase of Anadarko Petroleum, reported a 14% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as costs related to the deal and weaker chemical earnings hit its bottom line.

Still, the results topped Wall Street estimates for the period and Occidental's operating cash flow rebounded from last quarter to $2.96 billion, up 7% from the same quarter a year ago. Investors closely watch operating cash flow as a sign of a company's ability to cover shareholder payouts and operating expenses.

Core income fell to $729 million, or 97 cents per share, in the second quarter, from $848 million, or $1.10 per share, a year earlier. Analysts were expecting the company to report earnings of 93 cents a share on the same basis, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

Among its major businesses, operating profit in oil and gas fell 7% to $726 million, chemicals fell 34% to $208 million and earnings from its pipeline unit rose 32% to $331 million, compared with year-ago figures.