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Despite a recent rise in oil prices, Chevron will not boost capital spending this year, Chief Financial Officer Pierre Breber said.
While were optimistic about vaccines and getting on a pathway to recovery, were not there right now, Breber said. We still have an economy thats operating well below capacity. We still have inventory levels that are high.
U.S. President Joe Bidens executive order to temporarily suspend oil and gas leasing on federal lands will not get in our way anytime soon in the Permian Basin, the top U.S. oil field where about 10% of Chevrons Permian acreage is federal, Breber said.
We dont agree that its good policy to be overly restrictive on federal lands, Breber said. If it continues we think that will push energy production outside the country.
The second-largest U.S. oil producer reported an adjusted loss of $11 million, or 1 cent per share, compared with a profit of $2.8 billion, or $1.49 per share, a year earlier. The net loss was $665 million including acquisition costs, the effect of foreign exchange and pension payouts.
Improved oil and gas prices and a 6% increase in output from the Noble purchase boosted Chevrons oil and gas earnings to $501 million, compared with a loss of $6.7 billion a year earlier.
The gain came as Chevrons international production business sold oil for about $40 per barrel, up from $39 in the prior quarter and down from $57 a year earlier.
The companys refining and chemical business reported a fourth-quarter loss of $338 million compared with profit of $672 million the year prior. Fuel sales fell 10.55% from the year-ago period as COVID-19 travel restrictions continued to reduce demand.
Chevrons shares fell about 2% in premarket trading to $87.20.
Its closely watched cash flow from operations was $2.3 billion, short of covering the $2.5 billion dividend and $3.2 billion in capital spending for the period.
Chevron has said it plans to spend $14 billion this year on projects and about $15 billion annually through 2025, well below the prior forecast of up to $22 billion.
It reported a full-year loss of $5.54 billion compared with earnings of $2.92 billion in 2019. |