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在成本推高和油价降低的预期下,壳牌和BP两大石油公司纷纷改变战略,出售资产、调低赢利目标,以应对即将来临的油价波动。进入2007年,国际油价有所回落并趋于平缓。包括高盛、摩根士丹利、美林、汇丰在内的30家国际知名金融机构预测,国际原油价格2007年会下降到62美元,2008年进一步降至57美元,到2010年则会降低到45美元的水平。各大国际石油公司闻风而动,开始改变战略,调整投资。壳牌决定出售一部分炼厂和加油站,BP则降低了生产目标。它们从现在开始储存现金资产,以度过未来2～5年的低油价时期。
Under the expectation of higher costs and lower oil prices, Shell and BP two oil companies have changed their strategies to sell assets and lower their profit targets to cope with the upcoming oil price volatility. Into 2007, the international oil prices fell back and tends to be flat. The world’s top 30 financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and HSBC, predict that international crude oil prices will drop to US $ 62 in 2007 and further to US $ 57 in 2008 and to 45 in 2010 The dollar level. Major international oil companies are moving around the corner and begin to change their strategy and adjust their investment. Shell decided to sell some refineries and gas stations, while BP reduced its production targets. From now on, they will be able to stock their cash assets for a period of low oil prices in the next two to five years.