據3月26日Energy Voice報道，由于當前原油價格保持在歷史最低水平，總部位于休斯頓的西方石油公司（Oxy）在第二輪預算削減后，正在實施全面減薪措施。

隨著雪佛龍(Chevron)、殼牌(Shell)、道達爾(Total)等眾多石油公司為應對數十年來的低油價而削減數十億美元的開支，西方石油公司制定了支出削減計劃。該公司計劃從資本預算中削減25億美元，從運營預算中削減6億美元。并計劃在鉆井和竣工項目上投入27億至29億美元，較最初的52億至54億美元預算減少了47%。

該公司首席執行官維姬?霍魯布（Vicki Hollub）表示:“我們正在取得實質性進展，進一步降低成本，，以幫助抵御大宗商品價格走低的環境和其他影響我們行業和全球經濟的宏觀經濟壓力。”

目前，西德克薩斯中質原油(West Texas Intermediate)的交易價格約為每桶23美元，這是自2002年2月以來的最低價格。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Energy Voice

原文如下：

Oxy enacts pay cuts amid deeper budget cuts

Houston exploration and production company Occidental Petroleum is enacting across pay cuts after making a second round of budget cuts as crude oil prices remain stuck at record lows.

Occidental plans to cut $2.5 billion from the its capital budget and $600 million from its operating budget. After the cuts, the company plans to spend between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion on drilling and completion projects, a 47 percent reduction from its original budget of $5.2 billion to $5.4 billion.

“We are making solid progress with additional cost reductions to help withstand the low commodity price environment and other macroeconomic pressures impacting our industry and the global economy,” CEO Vicki Hollub said.

The company enacted the cuts as Chevron, Shell, Total and numerous others in the industry are cutting billions of dollars in response to decades-low oil prices.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil is trading around $23 per barrel, a price that has not been seen since February 2002 .