EIA：10月美国页岩油日产量将下降6.8万桶

    中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社9月15日报道，根据美国能源信息署（EIA）修正后的数据，10月美国页岩油日产量将下降6.8万桶，至764万桶/天，这将是自5月份以来的首次下降。

    数据显示，10月份，德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地的产量将增加约2.3万桶/天，至417万桶/天。数据显示，这将是自5月份产量下降以来的最小增幅。而除了这些地区外，美国其他地区的产量预计都将下降。

    预计降幅最大的将是德克萨斯州南部的Eagle Ford盆地，该地区日产量将减少近2.8万桶至113万桶。

    由于冠状肺炎疫情对石油需求的破坏，美国石油价格较年初的峰值下跌了约40%。不过，美国原油期货在过去五个月上涨了近100%，至每桶37美元左右，这主要是因为市场预期，随着政府解除出行限制，全球经济和能源需求将迅速回升。

    分析师表示，最近几周，油价上涨促使一些能源公司开始增加钻井平台——这是未来产量的一个早期指标。

    另外，EIA预计10月美国天然气产量将连续第二个月下降，至每天806亿立方英尺。这将比9月份的预期低0.4个百分点。去年11月，大型页岩气田的产量创下了868亿立方英尺/天的月度历史新高。

    美国最大的页岩气地层阿巴拉契亚(Appalachia) 10月份产量将连续第三个月下滑，至328 亿立方英尺/天，较9月下滑约2亿立方英尺/天。

    王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

    原文如下：

    U.S. shale oil output to drop 68,000 bpd to 7.64 million bpd in October: EIA

    That would be the first decline in production since May, according to revised data from the agency.

    Output at every formation is expected to fall in October, except the Permian basin of Texas and New Mexico, where production is expected to rise by about 23,000 bpd to 4.17 million bpd, the data showed. That would be the smallest increase since production declined in May, the data showed.

    The biggest decline is expected to come from the Eagle Ford basin in South Texas, where output is expected to fall by nearly 28,000 bpd to 1.13 million bpd.

    U.S. oil prices are still down about 40% from the peak at the start of the year, due to coronavirus demand destruction.

    However, U.S. crude futures have gained almost 100% over the past five months to around $37 a barrel, mostly on hopes global economies and energy demand will snap back as governments lift lockdowns. [O/R]

    Analysts said those higher oil prices have encouraged some energy firms to start adding rigs, an early indicator of future output, in recent weeks.

    Separately, the EIA projected U.S. natural gas output would decline for a second month in a row to 80.6 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in October.

    That would be down over 0.4 bcfd from its forecast for September. Output from the big shale fields hit a monthly all-time high of 86.8 bcfd in November.

    Output in Appalachia, the biggest U.S. shale gas formation, was set to slip for a third month in a row in October to 32.8 bcfd, down about 0.2 bcfd from September.