据普氏能源资讯3月31日休斯敦报道,在浅水墨西哥湾作业的美国普雷米尔石油公司首席执行官约翰?赖德31日在休斯敦表示,由于油价持续低迷,浅水墨西哥湾的钻井活动已减少到20世纪40年代海上钻井活动开始以来的最低水平。
赖德是在公司季度财报电话会议上作上述表示的。他说,如今只有5部浅水自升式钻机在墨西哥作业,其中两部属于Hercules海洋钻井公司,而第3部Hercules钻机准备在今后几周内在这个地区开始钻井作业。
赖德说,由于商品价格和他们自己的现金流的不确定性,客户很难推进他们的钻井计划。因此,许多钻井机会考虑推迟到2016年晚些时候或2017年或考虑全部取消。
赖德说,即便如此,与客户的讨论表明一些增量需求年内可能显露。他补充说,年内可能发生的海上探区交易可能对浅水墨西哥湾钻井活动有“一点”刺激。
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原文如下:
Shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling at lowest level in 70 years
Houston (Platts)--31 Mar 2016
Activity in the shallow-water Gulf of Mexico is at its lowest level since the start of the offshore drilling in the late 1940s, owing to persistently low oil prices, the CEO of the premiere company working in that arena said Thursday.
Today just five shallow-water jackup rigs are working in the US Gulf, two of which belong to Hercules Offshore, while a third Hercules rig is preparing to start work in the region during the next several weeks, John Rynd said during a quarterly earnings call.
"With no certainty on commodity prices and their own cash flows, customers are hard-pressed to move forward with drilling programs," Rynd said. "As such, many opportunities considered were deferred to later 2016 or 2017 or cancelled altogether."
Even so, discussions with customers suggest that some incremental demand may develop over the year, he said, adding marine acreage transactions could occur over the year that could spur "a bit" of activity.