January 31, 2020 - 9:59 AM EST
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Chevron Swings to Quarterly Loss on $10 Billion in Charges
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By Gary McWilliams

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp swung to a fourth-quarter loss on $10.4 billion in charges as it stepped up efforts to cull unprofitable assets amid weak oil and gas prices.

The company, the second-largest U.S. oil producer, in December had warned it could take up to $11 billion in writedowns on properties that were no longer economically capable of producing oil and gas.

The writedowns covered Appalachian shale gas properties, a proposed Canadian liquefied natural gas project and U.S. offshore field.

Major oil companies, including Chevron and Exxon Mobil Corp, have sought to raise cash and improve returns amid weaker oil and gas prices and chemicals by putting unwanted properties on the market.

Chevron shares were off 1.8% at $109.37 in premarket trading.

Excluding one-time items, per share profit was $1.49, slightly above Wall Street’s estimate of $1.45.

Chevron’s quarterly loss including charges was $6.61 billion, or $3.51 per share, compared with a profit of $3.73 billion, or $1.95 per share, a year earlier.

The company also booked a gain of $1.2 billion in the quarter on the sale of its UK Central North Sea assets.

Chevron’s net oil equivalent production was flat at 3.08 million barrels per day in the quarter, while average sales prices fell in the United States and internationally.

Reporting by Gary McWilliams in Houston and Shariq Khan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila

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Source: Reuters

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