德州钻探活动许可申请放缓

据3月24日Energy Voice报道，随着油价暴跌至近20美元/桶，德克萨斯州各地的钻探活动正在放缓。

德州铁路委员会(Railroad Commission of Texas)数据显示，2019年，900多家勘探和生产公司平均每周提交230份钻探许可。而在石油需求减弱的当下，勘探许可申请的提交已经放缓。

从3月4日到11日，约有64家公司申请了181份钻探许可证。一周后，只有59家公司提交了167份钻探许可证。

在原油价格低至13.66美元/桶的情况下，休斯敦石油公司EOG Resources仍能实现盈利，该公司在两周内申请了27个钻探许可，该公司在西德克萨斯州二叠纪盆地和德得克萨斯州鹰福特页岩项目中申请了27个钻井许可，居领先地位。

尽管如此，为了应对市场状况，EOG最近将其2020年的钻井预算缩减了近三分之一。该公司计划今年在钻井、水力压裂和其他项目上投资43亿至47亿美元。

邹勤 摘译自 Energy Voice

原文如下：

Drilling Down: Drilling permit activity slows down amid record low oil prices

Drilling permit activity is slowing across Texas as oil prices crash to near $20 per barrel.

More than 900 exploration and production companies filed an average of 230 drilling permits per week in 2019, Railroad Commission of Texas data shows.

That activity has slowed down this month during the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as weakened demand from the coronavirus outbreak.

From March 4 to 11, some 64 companies filed for 181 drilling permits. Those numbers fell to 59 companies filing 167 drilling permits align="justify">Still profitable at crude prices as low as $13.66 per barrel, Houston oil company EOG Resources leads the pack with 27 drilling permits filed over the two-week period for projects in the Permian Basin of West Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas.

Nonetheless and in response to market conditions, EOG recently scaled back its 2020 drilling budget by nearly a third. The company plans to spend $4.3 billion to $4.7 billion align="justify">