据外媒6月8日伦敦报道，能源公司荷兰皇家壳牌因今年与BG集团合并，将较其原计划加速削减更多成本。
这家英荷合资公司周二发布相关声明，尽力向投资者保证公司将妥善处置伴随540亿美元收购案而产生的债务。
壳牌CEO本•范伯登称：“合并正在加速推进，目前我们期望可以用更快的节奏创造更多的合并协力优势。”
壳牌公司通过声明表示，合并协议使公司探明石油与天然气储量增长了25%，通过消除重复投资而提供了削减成本的机会。数以千计的岗位得以精简，投资需求不再紧迫。
本•范伯登周二表示，收购BG所带来的协力优势将使2018年费用节省45亿美元，高于此前预计的35亿美元。
本•范伯登把提升饱受低油价冲击的收益与现金流作为优先工作目标。2016年投资额预计达290亿美元(不含对BG集团的收购价)，比2014年壳牌公司与BG集团的投资花费总额减少35%。
2016-2018年所计划的资产销售额度将达到300亿美元。壳牌已预留10%的款项用于清理油气产量，并将从5-10个国家的油气项目中退出。
原文如下：
Shell to cut more costs as a result of merger with BG Group
LonDON (AP) " Energy company Royal Dutch Shell will cut more costs, more quickly than previously planned, as a result of its merger with BG Group Plc this year.
The Anglo Dutch company made the announcement Tuesday as it tried to assure investors that it could handle the debt that came with its $54 billion takeover.
"Integration is gathering pace, and today we expect to deliver more synergies, and at a faster rate," Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said.
Shell argues the deal, which increased the company's proven reserves of oil and natural gas by 25 percent, provided opportunities to cut costs by eliminating duplication. Thousands of jobs have been cut and investments have been postponed.
Van Beurden said Tuesday that synergies in absorbing BG would result in $4.5 billion in savings by 2018, up from $3.5 billion estimated earlier.
Van Beurden set out priorities intended to improve returns and cash flow, which has been hit by low oil prices. Investment for 2016 is expected to be $29 billion, excluding the purchase price for BG or 35 percent lower than what Shell and BG combined had spent in 2014.
Planned asset sales are expected to be $30 billion for 2016-18. Shell said it is also moving to exit from between five and 10 countries, as it earmarks 10 percent of its oil and gas production for disposal.
