据1月29日offshore energy消息：尽管受疫情影响，美国石油巨头雪佛龙收入大幅下降，但与2019年同期相比，该公司2020年第四季度亏损有所减少。
雪佛龙公司报告称，2020年第四季度亏损6.65亿美元，而上年同期亏损66亿美元。
本季度包括与来宝能源收购成本相关的1.2亿美元费用。
需要提醒的是，在来宝能源股东的批准下，雪佛龙于2020年10月初完成了先前宣布的对来宝能源的收购。
雪佛龙指出，外汇影响使收益减少了5.34亿美元。 2020年第四季度调整后亏损为1,100万美元，而2019年第四季度调整后收益为28亿美元。
该石油公司还报告称，2020年全年亏损55亿美元，而2019年盈利29亿美元。
雪佛龙2020年第四季度的收入为252.5亿美元，而去年同期为363.5亿美元。
该公司董事长兼首席执行官Mike Wirth表示:“当疫情和经济危机袭来时，我们以强劲的资产负债表处于有利地位，并在这一年完成了一项重大收购，连续第33年增加派息"。
对雪佛龙来说，2020年第四季度全球石油当量净产量为328万桶/天，比去年同期增长6%。这一增长主要是由于收购了来宝能源，部分抵消了减产。
2020年全年，全球石油当量净产量为308万桶/天，比前一年增加1%。
2020年第四季度，雪佛龙美国上游业务盈利1.01亿美元，而去年同期亏损74.7亿美元。
这一增长主要是由于2019年第四季度没有82亿美元的减值，部分被较低的原油变现抵消。
2020年的资本和探索支出为135亿美元，而2019年为210亿美元。
冯娟 摘译自 offshore energy
原文如下：
Chevron books $665 million loss as revenues sink
U.S. oil major Chevron managed to cut its losses in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 despite a significant decrease in revenues affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chevron Corporation on Friday reported a loss of $665 million for the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with a loss of $6.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Included in the current quarter was a charge of $120 million associated with Noble Energy acquisition costs.
To remind, Chevron completed its previously announced acquisition of Noble Energy, following approval by Noble Energy shareholders, in early October 2020.
Chevron noted that the foreign currency effects decreased earnings by $534 million. Adjusted loss of $11 million in fourth-quarter 2020 compares to adjusted earnings of $2.8 billion in fourth-quarter 2019.
The oil company also reported a full-year 2020 loss of $5.5 billion compared with earnings of $2.9 billion in 2019.
Chevron’s revenues in fourth-quarter 2020 were $25.25 billion, compared to $36.35 billion in the year-ago period.
“2020 was a year like no other”, said Mike Wirth, Chevron’s chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
“We were well-positioned when the pandemic and economic crisis hit, and we exited the year with a strong balance sheet, having completed a major acquisition and increased our dividend payout for the 33rd consecutive year”.
For Chevron, worldwide net oil-equivalent production was 3.28 million barrels per day in fourth-quarter 2020, an increase of 6 per cent from a year ago.
The increase was largely due to the Noble Energy acquisition, partially offset by production curtailments.
Worldwide net oil-equivalent production for the full-year 2020 was 3.08 million barrels per day, an increase of 1 per cent from the prior year.
Chevron’s U.S. upstream operations earned $101 million in fourth-quarter 2020, compared with a loss of $7.47 billion a year earlier.
The increase was primarily due to the absence of fourth-quarter 2019 impairments of $8.2 billion, partially offset by lower crude oil realizations.
Capital and exploratory expenditures in 2020 were $13.5 billion, compared with $21 billion in 2019.
