中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社7月20日休斯敦报道,由于原油价格近期下跌导致了过去一个多月石油钻探增速放缓,美国能源公司在20日结束的那周里削减了自今年3月份以来最多在用钻机数。
美国通用电气公司(GE)旗下的贝克休斯能源服务公司周五在一份外界密切关注的报告中说,在7月20日结束的一周内,美国在用钻机总数减少了5部,减少到了858部。
统计数据显示,美国超过一半的在用石油钻机数是在位于德克萨斯州西部和新墨西哥州东部的二叠纪盆地,这是美国最大的页岩油田,上周在用石油钻机数仍保持在475部。
由于美国能源公司预计今年油价将高于前几年而一直在增加产量,作为未来产量的一个早期指标的美国在用钻机数如今仍高于一年前的764部。
今年迄今为止,美国原油期货的平均价格为每桶66.03美元。相比之下,2017年的平均价格为50.85美元,而2016年为43.47美元。
李峻 编译自 路透社
原文如下:
Baker Hughes: US Drillers Cut Rigs By Most Since March This Week
U.S. energy companies this week cut oil rigs by the most in a week since March as the rate of growth has slowed over the past month or so with recent declines in crude prices.
Drillers cut 5 oil rigs in the week to July 20, bringing the total count down to 858, General Electric Co's Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday.
More than half the total oil rigs are in the Permian basin in west Texas and eastern New Mexico, the nation's biggest shale oil field. Active units there remained flat this week at 475.
The U.S. rig count, an early indicator of future output, is higher than a year ago when 764 rigs were active as energy companies have been ramping up production in anticipation of higher prices in 2018 than previous years.
So far this year, U.S. oil futures have averaged $66.03 per barrel. That compares with averages of $50.85 in 2017 and $43.47 in 2016