ExxonMobil reports results for fourth quarter 2020 and provides perspective on forward plans
Source: Reuters
Fourth quarter loss of $20.1 billion included unfavorable identified items of $20.2 billion, primarily non-cash impairments; earnings excluding identified items were $110 million, or $0.03 per share assuming dilution
Exceeded cost-reduction objectives, with 2020 capital spending of $21 billion below target by $2 billion; cash operating expense more than 15% below 2019, of which $3 billion is a structural reduction
Met 2020 methane emissions (15%) and flaring (25%) reduction targets versus 2016
1 , and announced 2025 emission reduction plans; projected to be consistent with the Paris Agreement
Management Perspectives on Forward Plans
Additional annual structural operating expense reductions of $3 billion expected by 2023, resulting in total annual structural reductions of $6 billion versus 2019
Exxon defends dividend after first annual loss in decades
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Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged to safeguard its mammoth dividend after posting its first annual loss in at least 40 years, a show of defiance by an oil driller besieged by activist investors, lawmakers and climate-change campaigners.
Exxon assured investors of its financial health in a world of US$50-a-barrel oil and promised that if crude were to dip to US$45 it would sacrifice spending in the name of dividends. The Western worldâs largest oil explorer has so far avoided the sort of payout cuts adopted by rivals Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc.
Exxon Defends Dividend After First Annual Loss in Decades
Bloomberg 2/2/2021 Kevin Crowley and Javier Blas
(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged to safeguard the S&P 500 Index’s third-largest dividend after posting its first annual loss in at least 40 years, a show of defiance by an oil driller besieged by activist investors and climate-change campaigners.
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Exxon assured investors of its financial health in a world of $50-a-barrel oil and promised that if crude were to dip to $45 it would sacrifice spending in the name of dividends. The Western world’s largest oil explorer has increased the payout each year since 1972, unlike rivals Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc that cut distributions last year.