据2月25日oil monster消息：美国石油生产商阿帕奇(Apache Corp)周三公布去年第四季度亏损低于预期，并提高了支出预测，因为大宗商品价格已从大流行低点中回升。
布伦特原油价格在2020年最后三个月均价约为45美元，此前曾创下历史新低，因为疫苗的推出使人们对旅行需求反弹回到大流行前水平的信心。
尽管油价上涨，阿帕奇与竞争对手西方石油公司一样，预计今年石油产量将下降1%，因为这两家公司专注于资产负债表清理，而不是增加石油产量。
该公司将今年的项目支出预测提高至11亿美元，因为油价已经有所改善，而之前的预期是将上游支出控制在10亿美元以下。
2020年，阿帕奇公司在上游项目上的投资为9.88亿美元，大大低于最初预计的19亿美元。
阿帕奇调整后的每股亏损为5美分，低于分析师11美分的平均预期。
冯娟 摘译自 oil monster
原文如下：
Apache Posts Lower Fourth-Quarter Loss as Oil Prices Recover
U.S. oil producer Apache Corp reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday and raised its spending forecast, as commodity prices recovered from pandemic-lows.
Brent crude prices averaged around $45 in the last three months of 2020 after hitting record lows earlier, as vaccine rollouts built confidence about travel demand bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels.
Despite the rising prices, Apache said it expects oil production to fall by a percent this year, joining rival Occidental Petroleum Corp in predicting a decline as the companies focus on balance sheet clean-ups instead of pumping more oil.
The company raised its project spending forecast to $1.1 billion for this year as oil prices have improved since its previous outlook of keeping upstream expenses below a billion dollars.
In 2020, Apache spent $988 million on upstream projects, sharply below its original estimate of as much as $1.9 billion.
Apache’s adjusted loss of 5 cents per share was smaller than analysts’ average expectation of an 11 cents loss.
