中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯11月18日消息,2014年时,石油生产商表示,他们平均需要79美元/桶的油价才能实现赢利。堪萨斯城联储主席埃斯特.乔治表示,当前这个赢利门槛已经大大降低,大约为平均油价53美元/桶。乔治周五在休斯敦召开的一次会议期间表示:“近来大多数石油公司报告的赢利价格区间为油价40美元/桶至75美元/桶,当前的油价水平对于一些石油公司来说在一些地方进行钻井是能够实现赢利的。”即使如此,近来一些生产商告诉联储,他们仍然需要平均油价升至60美元/桶或64美元/桶,才会显著增加钻井活动,当前的油价约为45美元/桶。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Drillers Need $60-$64 Oil to Increase Activity
In 2014, oil producers said they needed $79 a barrel on average to make money. Today, that threshold is much lower -- about $53, a barrel on average, said Esther George, president of the Kansas City Fed. "With the most recent range of profitable prices reported by firms ranging from $40 to $75/barrel, drilling is now profitable for some companies in some places," George said during a conference in Houston Friday. Even so, producers recently told the Fed that they still need the price of oil -- trading at about $45 a barrel currently -- to rise to $60 or $64 a barrel on average in order to substantially increase drilling activity.