据11月7日Energy Voice报道，马拉松石油公司公布其第三季度利润为1.65亿美元，比去年同期下降了35%。

过去一年中，原油和天然气价格大部分时间里都在下跌，这家休斯顿石油和天然气生产商的收入下降了近20%。

该公司每天21.6万桶的石油产量比一年前增加了14%。马拉松公司称其在二叠系盆地西部德拉瓦盆地的钻探取得了新的成功，在南德克萨斯州的鹰福特页岩和北达科他州的巴肯页岩的成熟区块获得了更好的回报。

马拉松公司在二叠纪的活动正慢慢变得更加活跃，同时继续依靠鹰福特和巴肯的大部分产量，该公司在俄克拉荷马州的页岩区也很活跃。

该公司首席执行长蒂尔曼(Lee Tillman) 表示，将在2020年削减开支，并允许其石油生产增长放缓，但没有提供具体数据。

蒂尔曼表示:“我们将继续以我们对资本约束和低盈亏平衡油价的坚定承诺为指导，在2020年及以后的时间里，为马拉松石油公司在各种大宗商品价格环境中取得成功做好准备。”

尽管康菲石油公司(ConocoPhillips)最近选择退出路易斯安那州奥斯汀白垩油田(Louisiana Austin Chalk play)项目——因为其测试井产水太多，但马拉松公司周三表示，它不会放弃该地区的项目。

该公司将在路易斯安那州南部继续进行勘探、钻井和地震数据采集工作。它还与挪威的Equinor公司合作，在路易斯安那州奥斯汀地区为勘探活动提供资金。

邹勤 摘译自 Energy Voice

原文如下：

Marathon Oil profits slip by 35% as production rises

Marathon Oil posted a $165 million profit for the third quarter that dipped 35 percent from a year ago.

The Houston oil and gas producer saw its revenues fall by nearly 20 percent as crude and natural gas prices have declined for much of the past 12 months.

The company’s oil production of 216,000 barrels per day jumped 14 percent from a year ago. Marathon touted new drilling successes in the Permian Basin’s western lobe, called the Delaware Basin, and improved returns in its more mature acreage in South Texas’ Eagle Ford shale and in North Dakota’s Bakken shale.

Marathon is slowly becoming more active in the Permian while continuing to lean on the Eagle Ford and Bakken for the bulk of its production volumes. Marathon also remains active in Oklahoma shale.

Without providing specific numbers, Chief Executive Lee Tillman said Marathon will cut back its spending in 2020 and allow its oil production growth to moderate.

“We’ll continue to be guided by our unwavering commitment to capital discipline and low break-even oil price to position Marathon Oil for success across a wide range of commodity price environments in 2020 and beyond,” Tillman said.

Despite ConocoPhillips recently opting to pull out of the prospective Louisiana Austin Chalk play because its test wells produced too much water, Marathon said Wednesday it isn’t giving up on the region.

Marathon said it continues to progress with exploration drilling and seismic data acquisition in southern Louisiana. Marathon said it also has taken on Norway-based Equinor as a partner in the Louisiana Austin Chalk to help fund the exploration activities.