REPYY Repsol SA (QX)

By Carlos Lopez Perea

MADRID--Repsol SA (REP.MC) said Thursday that second-quarter net profit fell 30% from a year earlier on restructuring charges as Spain's largest oil company seeks to cut costs.

Repsol said net profit in the second quarter was 205 million euros ($226.73 million) compared with EUR292 million a year earlier. The company booked a EUR346 million restructuring charge due to staff cutbacks.

The oil producer said net adjusted profit, which excludes gains or losses in the value of inventories and one-off items, rose 11% in the second quarter from EUR312 million a year earlier.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell 2.2% in the second quarter to EUR1.39 billion from a year earlier.

Repsol's net debt fell year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter to EUR11.71 billion in the second quarter. Repsol's purchase of Talisman Energy had swelled the company's debt load.

Repsol has stepped up cost-cutting efforts in recent quarters as the price of oil has tumbled. In February, it lowered its dividend to save cash after reporting a EUR2 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2015.

-Write to Carlos Lopez Perea at carlos.perea@wsj.com

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July 28, 2016 03:21 ET (07:21 GMT)

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