據彭博新聞社休斯頓報道，美國西方石油公司（Oxy）近日在一封信中表示，作為二疊紀盆地最大原油生產商的Oxy希望美國政府向美國石油公司提供財政援助，但Oxy敦促德州監管機構不要干預市場。

這一呼吁對Oxy首席執行官霍魯布的重要性可見一斑。Oxy敦促公司員工向國會議員們發送一份事先寫好的愿望清單。除此之外，Oxy還希望美國政府“通過這段前所未有的需求破壞和不可持續的定價，為能源行業提供變現能力，直到經濟狀況恢復正常?！?/span>

這封被彭博新聞社看到的與一份注有4月7日日期的內部電子郵件連接在一起的信還鼓勵政府與沙特阿拉伯談判來結束沙特與俄羅斯之間爆發的價格戰。

Oxy的一位代表拒絕對此事置評。

在這封郵件發出的同一天，Oxy向德州鐵路委員會提出上訴拒絕強制減產。Oxy表示，被該公司的一些規模較小的二疊紀競爭對手一直強烈支持的產量上限將是“極其短視的”，并將妨礙合同義務。

李峻 編譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Oxy wants financial aid, not market support, for U.S. oil companies

Occidental Petroleum wants U.S. government financial aid for the oil industry even as the biggest producer of Permian Basin crude urges Texas regulators not to interfere with market forces.

In a sign of how important the appeal is to Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub, employees are being urged to send a pre-written wish list to Congress members. Among other things, the company wants the government to “provide liquidity to the energy industry through this period of unprecedented demand destruction and unsustainable pricing until normal economic conditions return.”

The letter, linked in an internal email dated April 7 and seen by Bloomberg News, also encourages the administration to negotiate with Saudi Arabia and end the kingdom’s price war with Russia. Lawmakers are asked to advocate to support buying oil for the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

A representative for Occidental declined to comment.

The email was sent the same day that Occidental appealed to the Texas Railroad Commission to reject mandated production cuts. Occidental said output caps, which have been strongly supported by some of the company’s smaller Permian rivals, would be “extremely short-sighted” and would interfere with contractual obligations.