石油设备网讯 据路透社3月16日报道，由于原油价格的波动和阿尔伯塔省的强制减产，加拿大的石油生产商降低了2019年的资本支出。
加拿大帝国石油有限公司周五表示，在省政府为解决管道瓶颈而采取减产措施后，该公司将推迟其位于阿尔伯塔省26亿加元（19.5亿美元）的阿斯彭油砂项目一年左右。
“作为2019年资本预算的一部分，该公司已拨出8亿加元用于阿斯彭的相关支出，这一数字可能会下降，”RBC Dominion Securities分析师Greg Pardy在一份报告中表示。
阿尔伯塔省省长Rachel Notley去年12月曾表示，该省将临时减产约32.5万桶/天，以应对管道瓶颈问题。该瓶颈已导致原油库存过剩，并推低了加拿大原油价格。
像帝国石油和赫斯基能源公司这样的炼油厂随后受到原油成本上涨的打击，纷纷抨击了政府的决定。
由于对供应过剩和经济放缓的担忧，全球原油价格也受到压力。
森科能源表示，2019年的资本支出将在49亿加元至56亿加元之间，与2018年基本持平。
李方征 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
Canadian oil companies cut 2019 capital expenditure
Canada’s oil producers lowered their capital expenditures for 2019 due to volatility in crude prices and mandatory production cuts in the province of Alberta.
Imperial Oil Ltd said on Friday it would delay its C$2.6 billion ($1.95 billion) Aspen oil sands project in Alberta by about a year after the provincial government imposed output cuts to tackle pipeline bottlenecks.
“As part of its 2019 capital budget, the company had earmarked C$800 million in Aspen related spending, which will presumably come down,” RBC Dominion Securities analyst Greg Pardy said in a note.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said in December the Western Canadian province would mandate temporary oil output cuts of about 325,000 barrels per day to deal with a pipeline bottleneck that has led to a glut of crude in storage and pushed down Canadian crude prices.
Companies with refineries like Imperial Oil and Husky Energy Inc, which have been hit by the subsequent rise in cost of crude feedstock, have slammed the government’s decision.
Global crude prices have also been under pressure on concerns over a supply glut and an economic slowdown.
Suncor Energy said its 2019 capital expenditure would be between C$4.9 billion and C$5.6 billion, which is largely flat compared to 2018.
