Exxon Backs '16 Spending Decrease
03 Mars 2016 - 9:02AM
Dow Jones News
(FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 3/3/16)
By Tess Stynes
Exxon Mobil Corp. reaffirmed plans to cut capital spending 25%
this year, as the oil giant met with analysts Wednesday in New
York.
The company's annual analyst meeting comes a month after Exxon
Mobil posted its weakest annual results in more than a decade,
making it one of several global oil giants to get smacked by a
prolonged commodities rout. Exxon's annual earnings were cut in
half to $16.2 billion, forcing the Irving, Texas, company to put
its share-buyback plan on hold to preserve cash.
Exxon Mobil on Wednesday reiterated that it plans capital
expenditures of roughly $23 billion this year, down from a reduced
$31.1 billion in 2015. About a year ago, Exxon had projected its
2015 capital spending budget at $34 billion, a decline of 12% from
2014, but reined in spending as the year progressed.
In prepared remarks Wednesday, Exxon Mobil Chairman and Chief
Executive Rex W. Tillerson said, "We have the financial flexibility
to pursue attractive opportunities and can adjust our investment
program based on market demand fundamentals."
The comment comes two days after Exxon Mobil sold $12 billion of
new bonds, one of the biggest corporate-debt deals of the year and
a sign investors remain willing to lend to higher-quality
companies.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 03, 2016 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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