据路透社5月1日休斯敦报道,贝克休斯公司1日在休斯敦公布的统计数据显示,美国在用钻机数在5月1日结束的那周里放缓了减少速度,这暗示着钻井崩溃在油价从去年6月至今年3月暴跌60%以后即将结束。
贝克休斯公司在其外界密切关注的报告中说,上周美国在用石油钻机数减少了24部至679部,这是4月初以来在用钻机数减少最少的一周,前两周分别减少了31部和26部。
根据贝克休斯公司追溯到1987年的统计数据,随着上周石油钻机数减少,美国在用钻机数已连续第21周减少,减少到了2010年9月以来的最低水平。
自从石油钻机数在去年10月份达到1609部以来,生产商通过削减开支、减员和闲置美国国内一半以上钻机对油价暴跌作出了迅速反应。
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Baker Hughes: US Weekly Oil Rig Count Decline Slows
May 1 (Reuters) - The fall in the U.S. oil rig count slowed this week, data showed on Friday, suggesting the collapse in drilling may be coming to an end as prices recover after falling 60 percent from June to March.
The oil rig count fell by 24 this week to 679 active rigs, the smallest drop since early April, after the loss of 31 and 26 rigs in the prior two weeks, oil services firm Baker Hughes Inc said in its closely-watched report.
With the oil rig decline this week, the number of active rigs has fallen for a record 21 weeks in a row to the fewest since September 2010, according to Baker Hughes data going back to 1987.
Since the number of oil rigs peaked at 1,609 in October, producers have reacted quickly to the steep drop in oil prices since the summer by cutting spending, eliminating jobs and idling more than half of the country's rigs.