据WENews.com网站9月24日休斯顿报道，美国著名油田服务巨头威德福国际公司（Weatherford International）首席执行官马克·麦克伦姆日前在休斯敦表示，该公司今年全年税前收益将比去年增加近一倍。他预计威德福国际公司今年将开始产生自由现金流。
麦克伦姆还表示，该公司第三季度利息、税项、折旧及摊销扣除前收益（EBITDA）将比第二季度增加大约15%。
麦克伦姆说：“这是将使我们能够产生可持续的正向自由现金流的主要推动力。”
去年从竞争对手哈里伯顿公司加盟威德福国际公司的麦克伦姆目前正致力于扭转这家陷入困境的油田服务公司。他出售部分企业来削减数十亿美元的债务，并承诺到2019年前削减10亿美元的成本。
李峻 编译自 路透社
原文如下：
Weatherford Expects 2018 EBITDA To Nearly Double
Weatherford International's full-year earnings before expenses will nearly double from last year, Chief Executive Mark McCollum said McCollum also said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will grow around the mid-teens percent in the third quarter compared with the prior quarter.
"This is the primary driver that will enable us to generate sustainably positive free cash flow,” McCollum said.
McCollum, who joined Weatherford last year from rival Halliburton, is working to turn around the beleaguered services firm. He has sold businesses to pare billions of dollars in debt, and has pledged to cut costs by $1 billion by 2019.