据今日油价网7月24日报道称，雪佛龙公布今年第二季度净利润为57.7亿美元，超出了分析师的预期，尽管这一数字低于该公司第一季度的净利润和去年同期的数字。

与此同时，雪佛龙还报告称，公司所辖二叠纪盆地区块的产量创下历史新高，第二季度每天达到77.2万桶。

该公司还表示，以分红和股票回购的形式向股东派发了约72亿美元(创历史新高)，总额达28亿美元。

首席执行官Michael Wirth在接受路透社采访时表示，“与第一季度相比，宏观价格环境有所软化。我们的经营业绩很好，整个投资组合的计划外停摆的时间非常少”。

雪佛龙将在本周末公布其详细的第二季度业绩。

与此同时，尽管该公司在二叠纪区块的产量创下历史新高，但它仍在寻求减少在那里的资产。6月，路透社报道称，雪佛龙在该盆地出售了一些资产，同时也购买了同一地区的资产。

5月，雪佛龙签署了一项协议，以63亿美元收购资深页岩公司PDC Energy，收购其在Denver-Julesburg和二叠纪盆地现有资产附近的资产。今年3月，在第259号石油租赁销售中，该公司还拍出墨西哥湾10个区块中7个区块钻井权的最高出价。

与此同时，雪佛龙在新墨西哥州拍卖了2000多英亩的净地，在新墨西哥州和得克萨斯州拍卖了近3万英亩的土地，投标中止日期为7月27日。据路透社援引一位不愿透露姓名的消息人士的话说，通过这些拍卖的土地价值估计为1亿美元。

王佳晶 译自 今日油价

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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.