Husky Energy shaves $400M from capital budget
by The Canadian Press
The Calgary-based company is also looking for $600 million of operational cost savings, mostly from its suppliers and contractors
CALGARY—Husky Energy says it’s reducing this year’s capital budget by as much as $400 million and looking for up to $600 million of additional savings from its operations in response to the ongoing low-price environment for oil and gas
The new capital plan for 2015 is for between $3 billion and $3.1 billion of spending on long-term growth projects, down from the previous $3.4 billion budget.
The integrated oil and gas company has a number of growth projects that are due to begin production in 2015 and 2016, including at the Sunrise oilsands project in Alberta and the White Rose offshore operation off Newfoundland’s coast.
The Calgary-based company says it’s also looking for between $400 million and $600 million of operational cost savings, mostly from its suppliers and contractors.
Husky didn’t say how its cutbacks will affect its workforce but it said dividends to shareholders are unchanged.
Husky announced that it had a $603-million loss in the fourth quarter, mostly because of asset writedowns and inventory reductions. Excluding those, Husky’s net earnings for the quarter was $147 million.
