据美国油价网2022年8月3日报道，美国西方石油公司（Oxy）报告称，今年其第二季度的净利润为36亿美元，低于第一季度的47亿美元，第二季度拥有最高的42亿美元的季度自由现金流。
然而，Oxy第二季度调整后的可归属股东的收入高于第一季度，为32亿美元，第一季度为21亿美元。
Oxy首席执行官Vicki Hollub在公司第二季度业绩的新闻稿中说：“Oxy在所有业务上都以强劲的运营和财务表现完成了另一个季度。 在第二季度流动资金之前，我们创造了42亿美元的自由现金流，这是迄今为止我们最高的季度自由现金流。我们还实现了一个重要的里程碑，我们超过了我们的短期债务削减目标，并启动了我们的股票回购计划。”此外，在今年7月底前，Oxy偿还了48亿美元的债务，并回购了价值约11亿美元的股票。
与其他石油公司一样，西方石油公司一直在从油价上涨和对产量增长采取谨慎态度中获益。在美国所有的页岩地区——当然也包括在石油巨头的页岩世界里——石油公司都在报告创纪录的现金流、减少债务和回购股票。加拿大丰业银行的一位分析师甚至称，页岩油的现金流状况“惊人”。
当然，油价对这种惊人的现金流表现起到了重要作用，也增强了其他财务指标。Oxy报告称，今年第二季度持续经营业务的税前利润为41亿美元，高于第一季度的29亿美元。然而，Oxy指出，虽然石油和天然气价格在这一期间都有所上涨，但租赁运营费用也有所增加。
沃伦·巴菲特旗下的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司最近一直在增持Oxy的股份，总持股比例已达到近20%，引发其可能有意收购Oxy的传言。
李峻 编译自 美国油价网
原文如下：
Occidental Petroleum Bucks Oil Profit Trend With Lower Q2 Profit
Occidental Petroleum reported a net profit of $3.6 billion for the second quarter of the year, down from $4.7 billion for the first quarter, boasting the highest quarterly free cash flow.
The adjusted income attributable to shareholders, however, was higher in the second quarter than the first, at $3.2 billion versus $2.1 billion for the first quarter.
"Oxy completed another quarter with strong operational and financial performance across all of our businesses. We generated $4.2 billion of free cash flow before working capital in the second quarter, our highest quarterly free cash flow to date. We also achieved a significant milestone as we surpassed our near-term debt reduction goal and activated our share repurchase program," chief executive Vicki Hollub said in the company's second-quarter press release.
During the same quarter, the company repaid $4.8 billion in debt and bought back some $1.1 billion worth of shares by the end of July this year.
Like other oil companies, Oxy has been reaping the rewards of higher oil prices and a guarded approach to production growth. All across the U.S. shale patch—and in Big Oil's world, of course—companies are reporting record cash flows and reducing debt and repurchasing shares. One Scotiabank analyst even called the cash flow situation in shale oil "phenomenal".
Of course, oil prices have been instrumental in this phenomenal cash flow performance, enhancing other financial metrics as well. Oxy reported pre-tax profit from continuing operations of $4.1 billion for the second quarter of the year, which was up from $2.9 billion in the first quarter. The company noted, however, that while prices for oil and gas had both increased during the period, so had lease operating expenses.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has recently been raising its stake in Oxy, reaching nearly 20 percent in total, sparking rumors that it may be eyeing an acquisition.
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