據OE網站3月23日報道，挪威獨立石油公司AkerBP周一表示，因冠狀病毒，其將推遲未經批準的項目，將計劃的今年資本和勘探支出削減20%，但保持其生產指導。

今年的資本支出將減少到12億美元，勘探支出將減少到4億美元，而在2021-2022年，其預計資本支出將“大大低于” 10億美元。

該公司補充道，其還計劃通過推遲所有非關鍵性活動（例如維護），將生產成本降低約20％，至每桶油當量7-8美元。

Aker BP首席執行官卡爾·約翰尼·赫斯維克( Karl Johnny Hersvik )表示，通過我們目前正在采取的措施，Aker BP已做好充分準備，以應對充滿挑戰的市場形勢，并且我們擁有足夠的財務資源來尋求未來增值的增長機會。

Aker BP表示，計劃的措施（包括推遲Hod和Valhall油田的再開發項目）預計不會對公司今年的生產能力產生重大影響，其日產20.5萬—22萬桶油當量的指導原則保持不變 。其雄心勃勃的繼續支付股息的決心“仍然堅定”，但董事會仍必須評估疫情和油價下跌對其資產負債表和流動性的影響。

Aker BP此前曾計劃今年支付8.5億美元的股息，到2023年每年將增加1億美元的支出。

挪威最大的油氣公司Equinor周日表示，由于冠狀病毒和油價下跌，已暫停了其正在進行的50億美元的股票回購計劃。

格林威治標準時間08：33，在奧斯陸交易的Aker BP（BP擁有30％的股份）下跌4.6％，表現不佳的歐洲油氣指數下跌3.65％。

郝芬 譯自 OE 網站

原文如下：

Aker BP Postpones Offshore Projects Due to Coronavirus

Norwegian independent oil firm Aker BP will postpone non-sanctioned projects to cut its planned 2020 capital and exploration spending by 20% due to the coronavirus but maintains its production guidance, it said on Monday.

Capital spending for this year would be reduced to $1.2 billion and exploration spending to $400 million, while in 2021-2022 it expects capital spending to be "well below" $1 billion.

It also aimed to cut production costs by around 20% to $7-8 per barrel of oil equivalent by postponing all non-critical activities, such as maintenance, it added.

"With the measures we are now undertaking, Aker BP is well prepared to face the challenging market situation, and we have the financial resources to pursue value accretive growth opportunities ahead," Aker BP's Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said.

The planned measures, which include postponement of the Hod and Valhall field redevelopment projects, are not expected to have a material impact on the company's production capacity in 2020, and its guidance of 205,000-220,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day remained unchanged, Aker BP said.

The company said its ambition to continue paying dividends "remained firm", but the board still had to assess the impact on its balance sheet and liquidity from the coronavirus and oil price fall.

Aker BP had previously planned to pay $850 million in dividends in 2020, increasing payouts by $100 million each year until 2023.

Norway's largest oil and gas firm Equinor said on Sunday it had suspended its ongoing $5 billion share buyback program due to the coronavirus and the fall in oil prices.

Oslo-traded shares of Aker BP, 30% owned by BP, were down 4.6% at 0833 GMT, underperforming a European oil and gas index down 3.65%.