ConocoPhillips Cuts 2020 Capital Expenditures By 10%
March 18 2020 - 9:27AM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Dabaie
ConocoPhillips said it will reduce its 2020 operating plan
capital expenditures by $700 million, or about 10% from its
previous guidance, in response to the recent oil market
downturn.
Shares fell 7.7% premarket to $24.24.
The company said it will slow operated development activity in
the Lower 48 states, expects decreases in non-operated activity in
the Lower 48, and will defer drilling in Alaska.
ConocoPhillips said it expects the reductions to impact 2020
full-year production guidance by about 20,000 barrels of oil
equivalent per day.
The company said it will also reduce its 2020 share repurchase
program to a quarterly run rate of $250 million beginning in the
second quarter from the previous run rate of $750 million.
Combined, the capital and share repurchase actions represent a
reduction in 2020 cash uses of $2.2 billion, with limited impact to
the company's productive capacity, ConocoPhillips said.
The company continues to review its capital and operating plans
and will provide a full 2020 guidance update with first-quarter
earnings April 30.
"Our industry is clearly experiencing an unprecedented event
brought about by simultaneous supply and demand shocks," Chief
Executive Ryan Lance said. "The actions we are now taking reflect
an acknowledgement of current events as well as uncertainty around
the timing and path of a recovery."
Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 18, 2020 09:12 ET (13:12 GMT)
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