中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社5月13日东京报道，由于2014年以来的油价暴跌打击了资产负债表和炼油利润，日本的石油公司计划在今后的几年里削减勘探和炼油支出。

出光兴产株式会社在销售额方面属于日本第2大炼油企业，该公司的销售额在3月份结束的上一个财政年度内下降了近四分之一。出光兴产株式会社在4月开始的新财政年度内将削减13%的投资至1040亿日元（9.56亿美元）。

日本最大炼油企业JX控股公司也计划在今后两年里大幅削减投资。JX控股公司周三（11日）公布了2790亿日元的创纪录年亏损，而销售额同比大幅下降了20%。JX计划在4月开始的新财政年度内投资4400亿日元，同比增加了38%，但是，支出在从2017年4月开始的两年里将被削减到5000亿日元。

日本最大的油气勘探公司日本国际石油开发株式会社（Inpex）周四（12日）也说，由于较低的能源价格，该公司将在4月开始的新财政年度内减少开发费用24%至6670亿日元。

李峻 编译

原文如下：

Japan Oil Firms Eye Smaller Investments Amid Low Oil Price

Reuters

Friday, May 13, 2016

TOKYO- Japanese oil companies are planning to cut spending on exploration and refining over the next few years as the plunge in crude prices since 2014 hammers their balance sheets and refining margins.

Idemitsu is Japan's second-biggest refiner by sales, which slumped by nearly a quarter in the year through March. It will cut investments by 13 percent to 104 billion yen ($956 million) in the year that started in April.

JX Holdings, Japan's biggest refiner, also plans to drastically cut investment in the next couple of years. The company on Wednesday reported a record annual loss of 279 billion yen, while sales slumped 20 percent.

JX plans to spend 440 billion yen in investments in the business year that started in April, up 38 pct from a year earlier, but spending will be cut to 500 billion yen over the next two years starting from April 2017.

Japan's biggest oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp also said on Thursday it would reduce development expenditure by 24 percent to 667 billion yen in the year that started in April, due to lower energy prices.