据IHS化学的最新报告称,过去的几年中,受油气领域水力压裂技术快速推广的刺激,全球油田化学品市场出现了强劲增长,但是近来受国际油价大幅下挫的影响,预计2015年全球油田化学品市场的增速将大大放缓,但不会完全停止。自2014年6月份以来,国际油价已经下挫逾50%。
IHS化学表示,2014年全球油田化学品消费估计达到200亿美元,而2014-2019年期间全球油田化学品消费预计以年均约3.5%的速度增长。然而IHS化学资深分析师詹姆斯·格劳泽表示:“如果没有出现2014年下半年以来国际油价大幅快速下挫的情况,那么增速可能会快得多。”
庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》
原文如下:
Oilfield chemicals: Cheap oil to stunt, not stop, growth
Vincent Valk
The global oilfield chemicals market is expected to grow mutedly in 2015 and possibly beyond after growing rapidly in recent years, driven by the rapid development of hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas sector. Sharply lower oil prices—Brent crude fell by over 50% during the last half of 2014—will slow growth in the oilfield chemicals market but not halt it completely, according to a new report from IHS Chemical.
Global consumption of oilfield chemicals is expected to grow by about 3.5%/year from 2014 through 2019, IHS Chemical says. Consumption totaled an estimated $20.0 billion in 2014. However, “this growth rate would have been much higher if there weren’t such a large and fast decline in oil prices in late 2014 into 2015,” says James Glauser, senior consultant with IHS Chemical.