据道琼斯8月21日消息,标准普尔公司周五表示,加拿大油砂公司必须进一步采取成本削减和提高生产效率的措施,否则风险信用评估级别将下调。标准普尔表示,油砂生产商已经努力削减预算以改善资产负债表,但是仍然需要进一步节支来弥补油价的下挫。报告称:“油价的持续低位,甚至走向更低的水平,将给本来赢利已经紧张的油砂公司带来更多的问题。”标准普尔表示,象MEG能源公司和Baytex能源公司这样的油砂生产商的全过程成本已经超过了沥青或重质石油的价格,而加拿大油砂公司和Cenovus能源公司也面临同样的压力。
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S&P Warns Canada Oil-Sands Producers to Cut Costs Further
Canada's oil-sands companies must step-up cost-cutting and operating efficiency or risk credit assessment downgrades, Standard and Poor's says Friday. The ratings firm says oil-sands producers have trimmed budgets in an effort to shore up balance sheets, but warned further savings will be needed to offset falling crude prices. "Persistently low--or even lower--oil prices could end up causing a lot of trouble for companies whose margins are still tight," the report says. S&P notes full-cycle costs at oil-sands producers such as MEG Energy (MEG.T) and Baytex Energy (BTE.T) "exceed the price of bitumen," or heavy oil, and that Canadian Oil Sands (COS.T) and Cenovus Energy (CVE.T) face similar pressures.