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Occidental Petroleum Corporation | NYSE:OXY | NYSE | Common Stock |
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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced core income for the first quarter of 2015 of $31 million ($0.04 per diluted share), compared with $560 million ($0.72 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2014 and $1.1 billion ($1.38 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2014. The first quarter of 2015 had a reported loss of $218 million ($0.28 per diluted share), compared with a loss of $3.4 billion ($4.41 per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of 2014 and reported income of $1.4 billion ($1.75 per diluted share) for the first quarter of 2014. The first quarter of 2015 included non-core charges of $249 million, comprised mainly of asset impairment charges for certain domestic and international assets.
Cash flow from continuing operations before working capital changes was about $1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2015. Working capital changes of $0.6 billion were a result of lower realized prices, which impacted receivable collections and payments related to higher capital and operating spending accrued in the fourth quarter of 2014, but not paid until the first quarter of 2015. Total company capital expenditures for the first quarter of 2015 were $1.7 billion. The Oil and Gas segment spent $1.5 billion, with Permian Resources expenditures representing nearly 50 percent of the total expenditures, and the remaining $200 million was split between the Chemical and Midstream segments.
“Our first quarter production was 645,000 BOE per day, an increase of 13 percent on a year-over-year basis or 72,000 BOE per day,” said Stephen I. Chazen, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The increase was led by Permian Resources which delivered a 46-percent increase to 98,000 BOE per day, of which oil production grew by 25,000 barrels a day. Based on our first quarter results and a more optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year, we are raising our guidance for 2015 average production to grow between 60,000 and 80,000 BOE per day compared to the 2014 rate of 591,000 BOE per day. This is 20,000 BOE per day higher than our previous outlook. We expect to be cash flow neutral for operating cash flow after capital expenditures and dividend outlays by the fourth quarter of this year at oil prices of roughly $60 a barrel. This is driven by expected improvements in cost efficiencies and continued production growth.”
QUARTERLY RESULTSOil and Gas
Domestic core after-tax results were a loss of $89 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared to income of $412 million for the first quarter of 2014. The current quarter domestic results reflected significantly lower commodity prices for all products, especially crude oil, partially offset by higher crude oil volumes and lower DD&A expense. International core after-tax earnings were $200 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared to $553 million for the first quarter of 2014. The current quarter international results primarily reflected lower crude oil realized prices.
For the first quarter of 2015, total company average daily oil and gas production volumes increased by 72,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) to 645,000 BOE from 573,000 BOE in the first quarter of 2014, which excludes Hugoton production. Domestic average daily production increased by 24,000 BOE to 326,000 BOE in the current quarter with the majority of the increase coming from oil production, which grew by 25,000 barrels to 198,000 barrels per day, substantially all coming from Permian Resources. The increase in domestic oil production was partially offset by lower natural gas production in the Midcontinent and Other regions. International average daily production increased to 319,000 BOE in the first quarter of 2015 from 271,000 BOE in first quarter of 2014. Approximately half of the increase resulted from the impact of production-sharing contracts due to the low crude oil price environment, and the remainder from the commencement of production for the Al Hosn Gas Project and operational improvements. Total company average daily sales volumes grew from 562,000 BOE in the first quarter of 2014 to 637,000 BOE in the same period of 2015. Sales volumes were lower than production volumes mainly due to the timing of liftings in Iraq, which have resumed in the second quarter.
Worldwide commodity prices for the first quarter of 2015 continued to decline significantly from the fourth quarter of 2014. The average quarterly WTI and Brent marker prices decreased to $48.63 per barrel and $55.17 per barrel, respectively, compared to $98.68 per barrel and $107.90 per barrel, respectively, for the first quarter of 2014. Worldwide realized crude oil prices decreased by 51 percent to $48.50 per barrel for the first quarter of 2015, compared with $98.14 per barrel for the first quarter of 2014, and decreased by 32 percent, compared with $71.58 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2014. Worldwide NGL prices decreased by 57 percent to $17.96 per barrel in the first quarter of 2015, compared with $41.70 per barrel in the first quarter of 2014, and decreased by 34 percent, compared with $27.39 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2014. Domestic natural gas prices decreased 43 percent in the first quarter of 2015 to $2.49 per MCF, compared with $4.39 per MCF in the first quarter of 2014, and fell by 30 percent, compared with $3.56 per MCF in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Chemical
Chemical pre-tax core earnings for the first quarter of 2015 were $139 million, compared to $136 million in the first quarter of 2014. The slightly higher earnings were the result of margin improvement across most product lines resulting from lower ethylene and natural gas costs, offset primarily by lower caustic soda sales volumes.
Midstream, Marketing and Other
Midstream pre-tax core results were a loss of $5 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared with income of $96 million for the first quarter of 2014. The decrease in midstream earnings reflected lower gas plant results due to the decline in NGL prices, lower pipeline income as a result of lower Dolphin Pipeline gas sales and reduced ownership in the Plains Pipeline GP as a result of the fourth quarter 2014 sale of a portion of Occidental’s interest, and lower marketing margins due to unfavorable Midland to Gulf Coast spreads.
About Occidental Petroleum
Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East region and Latin America. Headquartered in Houston, Occidental is one of the largest U.S. oil and gas companies, based on equity market capitalization. Occidental’s midstream and marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases and markets hydrocarbons and other commodities in support of Occidental’s businesses. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary OxyChem manufactures and markets chlor-alkali products and vinyls.
Forward-Looking Statements
Portions of this press release contain forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect expected results of operations, liquidity, cash flows and business prospects. Actual results may differ from anticipated results, sometimes materially, and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to: global commodity pricing fluctuations; supply and demand considerations for Occidental’s products; higher-than-expected costs; the regulatory approval environment; reorganization or restructuring of Occidental’s operations; not successfully completing, or any material delay of, field developments, expansion projects, capital expenditures, efficiency projects, acquisitions or dispositions; lower-than-expected production from development projects or acquisitions; exploration risks; general economic slowdowns domestically or internationally; political conditions and events; liability under environmental regulations including remedial actions; litigation; disruption or interruption of production or manufacturing or facility damage due to accidents, chemical releases, labor unrest, weather, natural disasters, cyber attacks or insurgent activity; failure of risk management; changes in law or regulations; or changes in tax rates. Words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “aim,” “goal,” “target,” “objective,” “likely” or similar expressions that convey the prospective nature of events or outcomes generally indicate forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Unless legally required, Occidental does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Material risks that may affect Occidental’s results of operations and financial position appear in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of the 2014 Form 10-K. Occidental posts or provides links to important information on its website at www.oxy.com.
Attachment 1 SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGSOccidental's results of operations often include the effects of significant transactions and events affecting earnings that vary widely and unpredictably in nature, timing and amount. Therefore, management uses a measure called "core results," which excludes those items. This non-GAAP measure is not meant to disassociate those items from management's performance, but rather is meant to provide useful information to investors interested in comparing Occidental's earnings performance between periods. Reported earnings are considered representative of management's performance over the long term. Core results is not considered to be an alternative to operating income reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
FIRST QUARTER 2015
Reported
Significant Core($ millions) BEFORE TAX ALLOCATIONS
Income Items Results Oil and Gas Domestic $ (513 ) $ 264 (a) $ (236 ) 13 (b) Foreign 249 46 (a) 295 Exploration (2 ) (2 ) (266 ) 57 Chemical 139 139 Midstream, Marketing and Other (15 ) 10 (c) (5 ) Corporate Interest expense (28 ) (28 ) Other (64 ) 14 (d) (39 ) 11 (b) Taxes 19 (112 ) (e) (93 ) Income (loss) from continuing operations (215 ) 246 31 Discontinued operations, net (3 ) 3 - Net Income (Loss) $ (218 ) $ 249 $ 31Reported Significant Core
($ millions) AFTER TAX ALLOCATIONS
Income Items Results Oil and Gas Domestic $ (266 ) $ 169 (a) $ (89 ) 8 (b) Foreign 154 46 (a) 200 Exploration (2 ) (2 ) (114 ) 109 Chemical 88 88 Midstream, Marketing and Other - 4 (c) 4 Corporate Interest expense (28 ) (28 ) Other (58 ) 12 (d) (39 ) 7 (b) Taxes (103 ) (103 ) Income (loss) from continuing operations (215 ) 246 31 Discontinued operations, net (3 ) 3 - Net Income (Loss) $ (218 ) $ 249 $ 31 Diluted Earnings per Common Share $ (0.28 ) $ 0.04(a) Asset impairments and related items.
(b) Loss on sale of assets.(c) Phibro results.
(d) Spin-off and other costs. (e) Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments. Attachment 2 SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS AFFECTING EARNINGS FIRST QUARTER 2014Reported Significant Core
($ millions) BEFORE TAX ALLOCATIONS
Income Items Results Oil and Gas Domestic $ 646 $ 646 Foreign 1,092 1,092 Exploration (19 ) (19 ) 1,719 1,719 Chemical 136 136 Midstream, Marketing and Other 162 $ (66 ) (c) 96 Corporate Interest expense (20 ) (20 ) Other (68 ) (68 ) Taxes (794 ) 26 (e) (768 ) Income from continuing operations 1,135 (40 ) 1,095 Discontinued operations, net 255 (255 ) - Net Income $ 1,390 $ (295 ) $ 1,095Reported Significant Core
($ millions) AFTER TAX ALLOCATIONS
Income Items Results Oil and Gas Domestic $ 412 $ 412 Foreign 553 553 Exploration (5 ) (5 ) 960 960 Chemical 86 86 Midstream, Marketing and Other 111 $ (40 ) (c) 71 Corporate Interest expense (20 ) (20 ) Other (68 ) (68 ) Taxes 66 66 Income from continuing operations 1,135 (40 ) 1,095 Discontinued operations, net 255 (255 ) - Net Income $ 1,390 $ (295 ) $ 1,095 Diluted Earnings per Common Share $ 1.75 $ 1.38 (c) Phibro results. (e) Tax effect of pre-tax adjustments. Attachment 3 CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS March 31 December 31 (in millions) 2015 2014ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,153 $ 3,789 Restricted cash 3,265 4,019 Trade receivables, net 3,068 4,206 Inventories 1,133 1,052 Other current assets 815 807 Total current assets 10,434 13,873 INVESTMENTS Investments in unconsolidated entities 1,221 1,171 Available for sale investment 544 394 Total investments 1,765 1,565 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET 40,109 39,730 LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS, NET 1,081 1,091 TOTAL ASSETS $ 53,389 $ 56,259 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Current maturities of long-term debt $ 700 $ - Accounts payable 3,867 5,229 Accrued liabilities 2,152 2,601 Domestic and foreign income taxes 196 414 Total current liabilities 6,915 8,244 LONG-TERM DEBT, NET 6,139 6,838 DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES Deferred and domestic and foreign income taxes 2,947 3,015 Other 3,224 3,203 6,171 6,218 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Common stock 178 178 Treasury stock (8,734 ) (8,528 ) Additional paid-in capital 7,632 7,599 Retained earnings 35,294 36,067 Accumulated other comprehensive income (206 ) (357 ) Total stockholders' equity 34,164 34,959 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 53,389 $ 56,259 Attachment 4 SUMMARY OF EPS, NET SALES, CASH FLOW NET SALES First Quarter ($ millions) 2015 2014 SEGMENT NET SALES Oil and Gas $ 2,009 $ 3,602 Chemical 1,000 1,220 Midstream, Marketing and Other 197 340 Eliminations (117 ) (194 ) Net Sales $ 3,089 $ 4,968 EARNINGS PER SHARE First Quarter ($ per-share amounts) 2015 2014 BASIC EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Income (loss) from continuing operations $ (0.28 ) $ 1.43 Discontinued operations, net - 0.32 $ (0.28 ) $ 1.75 DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Income (loss) from continuing operations $ (0.28 ) $ 1.43 Discontinued operations, net - 0.32 $ (0.28 ) $ 1.75 AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING BASIC 769.6 791.3 DILUTED 769.6 791.7 CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS First Quarter ($ millions) 2015 2014 Net income (loss) $ (218 ) $ 1,392 Depreciation, depletion and amortization of assets 1,029 977 Deferred income tax provision (63 ) 125 Asset impairments and other non cash charges 373 (200 ) Operating cash flow before working capital 1,121 2,294 Working capital changes (555 ) (252 ) Discontinued operations (5 ) 655 Net cash provided by operating activities 561 2,697 Capital expenditures (1,675 ) (1,794 )Partner and joint venture contributions
(60 ) 63 Capital expenditures, net (a) (1,735 ) (1,731 ) Cash dividends (557 ) (514 ) Purchase of treasury stock (207 ) (946 ) Other investing activities (b) (471 ) (519 ) Other financing activities 19 (48 ) Decrease in cash (2,390 ) (1,061 ) Cash beginning of the period 7,808 3,393 Cash end of the period 5,418 2,332 Less: Restricted Cash 3,265 - Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 2,153 $ 2,332(a) Capital expenditures for 2014 includes 100 percent of the capital for BridgeTex Pipeline, which was being consolidated in Oxy's financial statements. The BridgeTex Pipeline was sold in November 2014. Partner contributions represents our partner's share of the BridgeTex capital and our contributions for the Chemical joint venture cracker project.
(b) Other investing for the first quarter of 2015 mainly includes changes in capital accruals for amounts paid in the first quarter of 2015 related to capital accruals incurred in the fourth quarter of 2014. Other investing for first quarter of 2014 includes $479 million of investing cash flows from discontinued operations.
Attachment 5 SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - REALIZED PRICES First Quarter 2015 2014 United States Oil ($/BBL) $ 43.66 $ 92.56 NGLs ($/BBL) $ 17.32 $ 42.06 Natural gas ($/MCF) $ 2.49 $ 4.39 Latin America Oil ($/BBL) $ 47.70 $ 98.53 Natural gas ($/MCF) $ 4.53 $ 10.81 Middle East/North Africa Oil ($/BBL) $ 53.98 $ 104.65 NGLs ($/BBL) $ 21.57 $ 38.43 Total Worldwide Oil ($/BBL) $ 48.50 $ 98.14 NGLs ($/BBL) $ 17.96 $ 41.70 Natural gas ($/MCF) $ 1.66 $ 2.90 Index Prices WTI Oil ($/BBL) $ 48.63 $ 98.68 Brent Oil ($/BBL) $ 55.17 $ 107.90 Natural gas ($/MCF) $ 3.07 $ 4.66 Realized Prices as Percentage of Index Prices Worldwide oil as percentage of WTI 100 % 99 % Worldwide oil as percentage of Brent 88 % 91 % Worldwide NGLs as percentage of WTI 37 % 42 % Domestic natural gas as a percentage of NYMEX 81 % 94 % Attachment 6 SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - PRODUCTION AND SALES (MBOE) First Quarter 2015 2014 PRODUCTION PER DAY United States Permian Resources 98 67 Permian EOR 145 145 Midcontinent and other 83 90 Total 326 302 Latin America 40 31 Middle East/North Africa Al Hosn 9 - Dolphin 39 34 Oman 89 73 Qatar 64 68 Other 78 65 Total 279 240 Total Production excluding Hugoton 645 573 Hugoton - 18 Total Production 645 591 First Quarter SALES VOLUMES PER DAY 2015 2014 United States 326 302 Latin America 38 34 Al Hosn 9 - Dolphin 40 34 Oman 89 72 Qatar 67 71 Other 68 49 Middle East/North Africa 273 226 Total Sales excluding Hugoton 637 562 Hugoton - 18 Total Sales 637 580(a) Natural gas volumes have been converted to barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) based on energy content of six thousand cubic feet (MCF) of gas to one barrel of oil.
Attachment 7 SUMMARY OF OPERATING STATISTICS - NET OIL, LIQUIDS AND GAS PRODUCTION PER DAY First Quarter 2015 2014 United States Oil (MBBL) Permian Resources 62 37 Permian EOR 111 110 Midcontinent and Other 25 26Total excluding Hugoton
198 173 Hugoton - 6 Total 198 179 NGLs (MBBL) Permian Resources 14 11 Permian EOR 28 28 Midcontinent and Other 11 14 Total excluding Hugoton 53 53 Hugoton - 3 Total 53 56 Natural Gas (MMCF) Permian Resources 130 115 Permian EOR 37 38 Midcontinent and Other 280 305 Total excluding Hugoton 447 458 Hugoton - 52 Total 447 510 Latin America Oil (MBBL) - Colombia 38 29 Natural Gas (MMCF) - Bolivia 12 12 Middle East / North Africa Oil (MBBL) Al Hosn 2 - Dolphin 7 6 Oman 80 66 Qatar 64 68 Other 37 27 Total 190 167 NGLs (MBBL) Al Hosn 2 - Dolphin 7 6 Total 9 6 Natural Gas (MMCF) Al Hosn 30 - Dolphin 150 131 Oman 56 40 Other 245 231 Total 481 402 Total Production excluding Hugoton (MBOE) 645 573 Hugoton - 18 Total Production (MBOE) 645 591
Occidental Petroleum CorporationMedia:Melissa E. Schoeb713-366-5615melissa_schoeb@oxy.comorInvestors:Christopher M. Degner212-603-8111christopher_degner@oxy.comOn the web: www.oxy.com
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