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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023
Chevron posts $8.3 billion loss on write downs, job cuts

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Reuters
31 July, 2020, 05:25 pm
Last modified: 31 July, 2020, 05:26 pm

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Chevron posts $8.3 billion loss on write downs, job cuts

Multibillion-dollar asset writedowns have become a prominent part of second-quarter energy results, as a global oil glut emerged as the Covid-19 pandemic cut fuel demand

Reuters
31 July, 2020, 05:25 pm
Last modified: 31 July, 2020, 05:26 pm
An entrance sign at the Chevron refinery, located near the Houston Ship Channel, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, US, May 5, 2019. Photo: Reuters
An entrance sign at the Chevron refinery, located near the Houston Ship Channel, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, US, May 5, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Chevron Corp on Friday reported an $8.3 billion loss on asset writedowns from plummeting fuel prices, a forced exit from Venezuela and expenses tied to thousands of jobs cuts.

Multibillion-dollar asset writedowns have become a prominent part of second-quarter energy results, as a global oil glut emerged as the Covid-19 pandemic cut fuel demand. Chevron rivals Total, Royal Dutch Shell, and Eni each wrote down billions of dollars in assets. BP has signaled an up to $17.5 billion hit.

Chevron wrote down its oil and gas production properties by $5.6 billion, including its entire investment in crisis-ravaged Venezuela, where it was the last major US oil company still operating until ordered to wind down business by the Trump Administration.

The loss also includes $1 billion to cover severance pay for up to 6,700 of its 45,000-person staff to leave their jobs in a global restructuring.

The massive writedowns reflect the global economic downturn caused by the pandemic, and follow a $10 billion writedown of mostly natural gas properties in the fourth quarter of 2019. Oil companies are reducing the value of holdings as a realization grows that a deepening economic downturn could depress energy prices for years.

The total value of US goods and services produced last quarter fell at a 32.9 percent annual rate, the deepest decline in economic activity in modern history.

"It will take years for that to recover and the price for our products is tied to economic activity," said Pierre Breber, Chevron's finance chief, in an interview. The company plans to continue to restrain spending on new projects, he said.

The company's output last quarter fell by about 189,000 barrels of oil and gas compared with a year ago, reflecting its efforts to limit losses and earlier property sales.

The writedown of oil and gas properties included non-shale operations in the Permian Basin, the top US oilfield, offshore Gulf of Mexico fields, and undefined properties outside the United States, he said.

"We would need to see sustained economic recovery and much lower inventory levels before we would add capital back to the Permian or other basins," said Breber. "We're in a lower for longer world where demand is down and there's ample supply."

The writedowns pushed Chevron's loss to $8.27 billion, or $4.44 a share, compared to a profit of $4.3 billion, or $2.27 a share, a year ago. Adjusted loss was $3 billion, or $1.59 per share, compared to a profit of $3.4 billion, or $1.77 per share, last year, it reported.

The loss reflects an average 65 percent reduction in the prices received for its petroleum produced last quarter as demand plummeted amid Covid-19 travel restrictions and declining industrial demand for fuels.

Pre-market trading in the company's stock was indicated 3.6 percent lower on Friday. It closed at $86.27 on Thursday, down 29 percent from the start of the year.

Chevron has resisted leaving Venezuela, arguing its presence was a stabilizing presence and supported local workers. Any exit would hand over its assets to Russian or Chinese oil companies, it has said. Chevron has operated in the country for nearly 100 years, mostly recently through joint ventures with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

But the Trump administration gave Chevron until December to wind down its business there amid US sanctions designed to oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Chevron wrote off the $2.6 billion value of Venezuelan assets, which in June produced 7,000 barrels per day, Breber said.

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