过去八个月，专注于能源行业的私募股权公司已达成超过280亿美元的资本承诺，与疫情以来疲软的年度融资总额相比，这是一个惊人的数字。然而，根据追踪美国中型市场基金的研究公司Buyouts的数据，这仅仅是2017年融资高峰的一小部分，当时各公司为石油和天然气企业筹集了约730亿美元的资金。

Energy-focused private equity firms have closed on more than $28 billion worth of capital commitments during the last eight months, a staggering sum compared to the anemic annual totals raised since the pandemic. Still, it’s a fraction of the fundraising peak in 2017, when firms pooled some $73 billion for oil and gas enterprises, according to Buyouts, a research firm that tracks middle-market funds in the U.S.