据普氏能源资讯6月15日华盛顿报道,美国能源信息署(EIA)的一名上游油气经济学家15日在IEA年度会议的一次小组讨论中表示,不断稳定的原油价格以及不断减少的钻井成本可能不久将把美国的原油产量每天提高数十万桶。
EIA上游油气经济学家格兰特·努尔在会上说:“我们开始看到原油产量已转变方向。条件有利于原油产量的增加。”
努尔说,虽然EIA最近公布的统计数据显示现有井的产量下降超过了来自新井的产量,然而,由于运营商关注最有效的井以及在成本下降和资本持续可用性之际寻求增加完井数,原油产量的反弹是很有可能的。
努尔说,在最近对在2012年和2014年之间所钻的85000口井进行调查的结果显示,原油最初生产速度已翻了一番。
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US crude production boost could be near: EIA economist
Washington (Platts)--15Jun2015
Stabilizing crude oil prices and falling drilling costs could soon boost US production by hundreds of thousands of barrels per day, an upstream oil and gas economist with the US Energy Information Administration, said Monday.
"We're starting to see a turn in production," Grant Nulle said during a panel discussion at EIA's annual conference. "Conditions are conducive for this to happen."
While recent EIA data has shown production declines at existing wells have outpaced production from new wells, a rebound is likely as operators focus on the most efficient wells and look to increase well completions amid falling costs and continued availability of capital, Nulle said.
In a recent survey of 85,000 wells drilled between 2012 and 2014, initial production rates have roughly doubled, he said.