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U.S. energy giant announces cuts in investment budget for next year

Xinhua, November 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Marathon Oil Corporation, a Houston-based U.S. oil and natural gas exploration and production company, announced on Wednesday cuts in its investment budget for next year by 29 percent.

Marathon Oil has cut its investment budget next year down to 2.2 billion U.S. dollars as crude prices are expected to remain low for a long time, chief executive officer (CEO) of the company Lee Tillman said.

The firm is maximizing capital allocation to the highest return opportunities in the U.S. resource plays, Tillman said, adding that the company is trying to invest more in its most profitable oil fields -- its various stakes in U.S. shale plays.

Despite the sharp investment cuts, it has plans to get more oil out of the ground for less money in the U.S. shale plays, the company said.

The company's oil and gas production rose 10 percent to 212,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day while its overall production grew 6 percent to 434,000 barrels a day.

It is on track to put out 20 percent more shale oil and gas this year over the same period of last year, the company said.

In the third quarter of last year, the firm enjoyed a profit of 304 million dollars, but it reported a net loss of 749 million dollars in the same period of this year.

Its quarterly revenue also dropped to 1.32 billion dollars in the third quarter from 2.97 billion dollars. Endi