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Apache Corp prepared to cut costs if oil prices remain low, CEO says

Apache Corp prepared to cut costs if oil prices remain low, CEO says

Reuters


U.S. oil producer Apache Corp APA.O said on Thursday it plans to keep project spending next year flat or slightly lower than this year’s $1 billion spending rate, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to slash global oil demand.

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Schlumberger eyes deeper cost cuts as oil rout triggers $3.7 billion charge

Reuters


Oilfield services giant Schlumberger NV (SLB.N) on Friday outlined plans for deeper spending cuts after recording a $3.7 billion charge and a second straight quarterly loss on thousands of job cuts and a pipeline outage in Ecuador.…

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Exxon pursues cost cuts at Russia’s Sakhalin-1 project

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MOSCOW – Exxon Neftegaz Ltd (ENL) is adjusting the schedule and scope of some of its activities at the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in far eastern Russia as it moves to cut spending in response to the coronavirus …

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Patterson-UTI cost cuts help it post smaller-than-expected loss

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(Reuters) – Oilfield services firm Patterson-UTI reported a smaller-than-expected loss on Thursday, as cost cuts helped it limit the impact of an ongoing decline in North American shale activity.

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