据悉,总部位于美国丹佛的Antero资源公司已经确定2017年的资本预算为15亿美元,比2016年增加7%。预算包括13亿美元用于钻井和完井,另外2亿美元用于核心租赁区的补充和扩展。
2017年公司的油气产量预计达到日均21.6亿—22.5亿立方英尺天然气当量,同比增长20%-25%。Antero资源公司预计2017年生产1.9万桶/天的乙烷,其中1.15万桶/天的乙烷将供应欧洲聚乙烯和聚丙烯生产商北欧化工公司,公司已经与北欧化工签署了乙烷销售协议,但前提条件是Mariner East 2管道建成投产,当前预计该管道在四季度建成投用。
Antero资源公司2017年约70%的钻井和完井预算分配给了马塞勒斯页岩区,剩余30%将用于俄亥俄州的尤蒂卡页岩区。
庞晓华摘译自OGJ 2017-1-6
原文如下:
Antero lifts 2017 capital budget by 7%
HOUSTON, Jan. 6
01/06/2017
By OGJ editors
Antero Resources Corp., Denver, has set its 2017 capital budget at $1.5 billion, up 7% from 2016. The total includes $1.3 billion for drilling and completions and $200 million for core leasehold additions and extensions.
Net production for the year is expected to average 2,160-2,250 MMcfd of gas equivalent, representing year-over-year growth of 20-25% from its 2016 guidance. Antero expects to recover 19,000 b/d of ethane, of which 11,500 b/d will service an ethane sales agreement with European polyethylene and polypropylene producer Borealis AG once the Mariner East 2 pipeline is in service, which is currently expected in the fourth quarter.
About 70% of the drilling and completion budget for 2017 is allocated to the Marcellus shale and the remaining 30% is for the Ohio Utica shale.