日本Inpex重新評估投資計(jì)劃

據(jù)3月25日Offshore Energy報(bào)道，日本Inpex公司正重新評估其投資計(jì)劃，并考慮其他降低成本的措施，以應(yīng)對當(dāng)前的市場形勢。

Inpex周三表示,石油和天然氣的價(jià)格在很大程度上取決于國際市場走勢,受國際和地區(qū)供求波動(dòng)以及全球經(jīng)濟(jì)和金融市場狀況等諸多因素的影響。

目前，由于能源需求預(yù)期將會下降，油價(jià)正在迅速下跌。盡管目前無法預(yù)測這一嚴(yán)峻形勢將會延續(xù)多久，但I(xiàn)npex表示，其政策是通過優(yōu)化運(yùn)營、審查全集團(tuán)的投資計(jì)劃和采取進(jìn)一步的成本削減措施，將油價(jià)在一定時(shí)間內(nèi)維持在當(dāng)前水平的影響減至最低，以維持穩(wěn)定的商業(yè)運(yùn)作。

該公司表示，將及時(shí)披露其在2020年2月12日宣布的截至2020年12月31日的年度綜合經(jīng)營業(yè)績預(yù)測。

如果Inpex決定在2020年削減開支，它將與全球許多石油和天然氣運(yùn)營商一道，其中一些運(yùn)營商已采取了嚴(yán)厲措施，削減今明兩年的支出。

洪偉立 摘譯自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Inpex reviewing investment plans amid oil price decline and coronavirus crisis

Japan’s Inpex Corporation is reviewing its investment plans and looking into other cost-reducing measures due to the current market situation and the impact of the coronavirus and the oil price decline on its business operations.

In a notice concerning the impact of the oil price decline and the coronavirus pandemic, Inpex said on Wednesday that the prices of oil and natural gas are determined in large part by international market trends, which are influenced by numerous factors including international and regional supply and demand fluctuations as well as the condition of the global economy and financial markets.

Currently, oil prices are rapidly declining due to the expectation of a reduction in energy demand following a global economic downturn induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the breakdown of the OPEC+ production cut agreement.

While it remains a challenge at this stage to forecast how long these conditions will last, Inpex said its policy is to minimize the impact of oil prices maintaining their current level for a certain amount of time by optimizing operations, reviewing investment plans group-wide, and pursuing further cost-reduction measures, in order to sustain stable business operations.

The company said it would disclose the impact to the forecasted consolidated operating results for the year ending December 31, 2020, announced on February 12, 2020, in a timely manner once the impact was determined.

If Inpex decides to reduce its spending for 2020, it would be joining many oil and gas operators around the world, some of which have taken drastic measures to cut their spending for this year as well as the next.