據美國彭博新聞社2020年6月9日倫敦報道，據知情人士透露，美國第4大石油公司西方石油公司（Oxy）時下正在評估其出售中東資產的選擇方案，以尋求減少債務的方法。

知情人士稱，總部位于休斯頓的Oxy正在考慮減持其在阿曼石油和天然氣田的股份。由于信息保密而要求不具名采訪的知情人士說，Oxy在沙特的持股價值可能超過10億美元。

知情人士說，Oxy也對剝離中東的其他資產持開放態度，不過Oxy迄今尚未正式征求各方的興趣。除阿曼外，Oxy還在阿聯酋和卡塔爾設有分公司。

在去年收購阿納達科石油公司以后，Oxy背負了大約400億美元的債務。Oxy已經從一家穩定的、多元化的生產商轉變為一家專注于頁巖的鉆探商，其股價今年迄今已下跌了逾40%。能源需求的暴跌惡化了Oxy的財務狀況，迫使Oxy在5月份把季度股息降至數十年來的最低水平。

Oxy的網站顯示，Oxy迄今已經在阿曼生產了30多年。Oxy在阿曼北部的Safah油田和第62號區塊以及南部的Mukhaizna油田擁有業務。

Oxy擁有阿布扎比國家石油公司的阿聯酋Al Hosn項目的40%股權，以及卡塔爾北部油田24.5%的股權，這兩個項目都是該地區最大的氣田。Oxy還擁有Dolphin 能源公司的股份，后者對來自卡塔爾項目的天然氣進行處理，然后通過管道將其輸送到阿聯酋。

李峻 編譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Oxy debates selling down Middle East assets to reduce debt

Occidental Petroleum Corp. is reviewing options for its Middle Eastern assets as it seeks ways to reduce its debt pile, people familiar with the matter said.

Houston-based Occidental is considering reducing its stakes in oil and natural gas fields in Oman, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Its holdings in the Gulf sultanate could be valued at more than $1 billion, the people said.

The company is also open to divesting other assets in the Middle East, though it isn’t formally soliciting interest, the people said. Outside of Oman, it has a presence in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Occidental was saddled with about $40 billion of debt after its purchase of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. last year. It has gone from being a steady, diversified producer to a shale-focused driller that has seen its shares fall more than 40% this year. A slump in energy demand worsened Occidental’s financial situation, forcing it in May to cut a quarterly dividend to the lowest level in decades.

The company has been producing in Oman for more than 30 years, according to Occidental’s website. It has operations at the Safah Field and Block 62 in the north of the country and at the Mukhaizna Field in the south.

Occidental has a 40% holding in Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s Al Hosn project in the United Arab Emirates and a 24.5% interest in Qatar’s North Field, which both rank among the region’s biggest gas reservoirs. It also owns a stake in Dolphin Energy Ltd., which processes gas from the Qatar project and transports it by pipeline to the UAE.