據今日油價網7月24日報道稱，雪佛龍公布今年第二季度凈利潤為57.7億美元，超出了分析師的預期，盡管這一數字低于該公司第一季度的凈利潤和去年同期的數字。

與此同時，雪佛龍還報告稱，公司所轄二疊紀盆地區塊的產量創下歷史新高，第二季度每天達到77.2萬桶。

該公司還表示，以分紅和股票回購的形式向股東派發了約72億美元(創歷史新高)，總額達28億美元。

首席執行官Michael Wirth在接受路透社采訪時表示，“與第一季度相比，宏觀價格環境有所軟化。我們的經營業績很好，整個投資組合的計劃外停擺的時間非常少”。

雪佛龍將在本周末公布其詳細的第二季度業績。

與此同時，盡管該公司在二疊紀區塊的產量創下歷史新高，但它仍在尋求減少在那里的資產。6月，路透社報道稱，雪佛龍在該盆地出售了一些資產，同時也購買了同一地區的資產。

5月，雪佛龍簽署了一項協議，以63億美元收購資深頁巖公司PDC Energy，收購其在Denver-Julesburg和二疊紀盆地現有資產附近的資產。今年3月，在第259號石油租賃銷售中，該公司還拍出墨西哥灣10個區塊中7個區塊鉆井權的最高出價。

與此同時，雪佛龍在新墨西哥州拍賣了2000多英畝的凈地，在新墨西哥州和得克薩斯州拍賣了近3萬英畝的土地，投標中止日期為7月27日。據路透社援引一位不愿透露姓名的消息人士的話說，通過這些拍賣的土地價值估計為1億美元。

王佳晶 譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Chevron Reports Forecast-Beating Q2 Results

Chevron reported a net profit of $5.77 billion for the second quarter of the year, beating analyst expectations, although the figure was lower than both the first—quarter net profit of the company and the year-ago number.

At the same time, Chevron also reported a record-high production rate in the Permian, at 772,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily during the second quarter.

It also boasted it had distributed some $7.2 billion to shareholders—a record high—in the form of dividends, to the tune of $2.8 billion, and share buybacks.

“The macro price environment has softened a little bit versus the first quarter," chief executive Michael Wirth told Reuters in an interview. "We had high levels of operating performance (and) very, very little unplanned downtime across our portfolio.”

Chevron will be reporting its detailed second-quarter results at the end of this week.

Meanwhile, despite its record production rate in the Permian, the company is looking to reduce its assets there. Last month, Reuters reported Chevron had put up some assets in the basin up for sale even as it also bought assets in the same area.

In May, Chevron signed a deal to buy shale firm PDC Energy for $6.3 billion—picking up assets next to its existing assets in the Denver-Julesburg and Permian Basins. It also had the highest bids for Gulf of Mexico drilling rights for seven of the ten blocks in oil lease sale number 259 back in March.

At the same time, however, Chevron listed more than two thousand net acres for sale via auction in New Mexico, and nearly 30,000 acres in New Mexico and Texas, with bids due July 27. The value of the acreage up for grabs via these auctions is estimated at $100 million, according to Reuters, which cited an unnamed source.