石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯1月18日消息，全球最大油田服务公司斯伦贝谢公司负责人周五表示，今年美国页岩油产量增速可能会放缓，因为钻井商们已经削减预算应对油价下跌。 斯伦贝谢公司首席执行长Paal Kibsgaard在与投资者的电话会议上表示，最近油价的下跌已经促使全球石油生产商采取了更为保守的做法，这种情况在美国尤其明显。 Kibsgaard表示，斯伦贝谢的客户美国页岩油钻探商们2019年的预算可能会略有下降，尤其是在年初。这意味着2018年美国石油产量快速增长的势头将放缓。 Kibsgaard在该公司第四季度财报电话会议上表示：“未来几年，美国页岩油产量的增长可能会更加温和。” 由于油价疲软，一些石油开采商已经开始缩减2019年的钻井计划。近几个月来，美国油价下跌了30%以上，虽然新年以来油价已经有所反弹，但仍然处于低位，这已经迫使许多页岩油开采商削减支出。 切萨皮克能源公司、Diamondback能源公司、Parsley能源公司和Centennial资源开发公司在公开声明和文件中表示，要么计划在2019年减少钻井平台数量，要么最近降低了生产计划。 不过，到目前为止，美国页岩油开采商的减产幅度仍然比较温和，今年仍有望将美国原油产量推至历史新高，不过增速将不及2018年。美国能源情报署(EIA)预计2019年美国石油日产量将从去年的平均1090万桶增至1210万桶。 因此，斯伦贝谢公司表示，公司将在2019年支出15亿至17亿美元，低于2018年的22亿美元。Kibsgaard表示，这主要是由于美国油气钻井活动将放缓。 庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯 原文如下： Shale Growth Slowing, Oil-field Services Giant Says U.S. shale production is poised to slow down this year as drillers reduce their budgets in response to lower oil prices, the head of the world’s largest oil-field services company said Friday. Schlumberger Ltd. Chief Executive Paal Kibsgaard said on a call with investors that the recent decline in oil prices had prompted a more conservative approach among the world’s oil producers, a dynamic he said was particularly pronounced in the U.S. Mr. Kibsgaard said the budgets of U.S. shale drillers, who are customers of Schlumberger, could be slightly down in 2019, especially in the early part of the year. That means the rapid production growth seen in the U.S. in 2018 will slow, he said. “We could be facing a more moderate growth in U.S. shale production in coming years,” Mr. Kibsgaard said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. Some frackers have already begun scaling back next year’s drilling plans amid weak crude prices. U.S. oil prices had fallen more than 30% in recent months. They topped $53 per barrel Friday, which would be their highest close since early December, but are still low enough to force many shale companies to pull back on spending. Producers Chesapeake Energy Corp., Diamondback Energy Inc., Parsley Energy Inc. and Centennial Resource Development Inc. either plan to operate fewer drilling rigs in 2019 or recently lowered production plans, the companies have said in public statements and filings. The cuts so far have been modest, and shale drillers remain on track to push U.S. crude production to new highs this year, though not at the same rate of growth seen in 2018. The Energy Information Administration said Tuesday it expects oil production to reach an average of 12.1 million barrels daily in 2019 from an average of 10.9 million barrels last year. As a result, Schlumberger said it would spend between $1.5 billion and $1.7 billion in 2019, down from $2.2 billion in 2018. The reduction is primarily due to slowing activity in the U.S., Mr. Kibsgaard said.
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