石油设备网讯 据道琼斯1月29日消息，埃克森美孚公司周一称，公司计划未来五年投资500亿美元扩大美国业务，这项投资是受到美国税改的提振。
这家总部设在得克萨斯州的能源巨头没有透露这项投资计划是否代表了税改带来的支出增加，也没有透露这500亿美元中有多少与该公司在税改前考虑的前景有关。美国国会通过的税改法案去年底由总统特朗普签署生效。
埃克森美孚首席执行长Darren Woods在博客中中作出上述宣布，还称该公司仍在研究税改是否令更多投资在经济上更可行。
Woods表示：“我们正在积极地评价降低税率对当前正在规划阶段的位于墨西哥湾沿岸设施进一步扩能的一些项目的经济性的影响。”
他特别指出，埃克森美孚将投资数十亿美元在西得克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的钻井业务以提高产量。该公司多年来一直计划在该地区加大投资。
去年，埃克森美孚表示，公司在2018年至2020年期间每年将支出230亿美元—270亿美元。周一的宣布相当于未来五年每年在美国投资约100亿美元，只有不到先前宣布2020年前每年支出计划的一半。
唐绍红 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下：
Exxon to Spend $50 Billion in U.S. Over Next Five Years
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Monday it plans to spend $50 billion to expand its business in the U.S. in the next five years, investments that were "enhanced" by the American tax overhaul.
The Texas-based energy giant didn't specify whether the investment plan represented an increase in spending as a result of the tax rewrite passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year, or how much of the $50 billion was tied to prospects Exxon was considering before the tax changes.
Exxon Chief Executive Darren Woods made the announcement in a blog post, adding that the company was still studying whether the tax overhaul made additional investment more economically viable.
"We're actively evaluating the impact of the lower tax rate on the economics of several other projects currently in the planning stages to further expand our facilities along the Gulf Coast," Mr. Woods said in the post.
He singled out drilling operations in West Texas and New Mexico as areas where Exxon will be investing billions to boost production. The company has been planning to step up its spending levels in that region for years.
Last year, Exxon said it would spend between $23 billion and $27 billion a year from 2018 to 2020. The announcement Monday equates to about $10 billion a year in the U.S. for five years, which would be less than half of Exxon's previously announced total spending through 2020.
