（彭博社）“由于高原油价格刺激了钻探活动，页岩勘探者正在以自疫情爆发前几周以来从未有过的速度寻找石油。   

贝克休斯公司周五公布的数据显示，美国油田作业的石油钻井平台本周增加 6 座，达到 605 座，创下 6 月 24 日以来最大单周增幅。这是过去两个月内第七周上涨。

由于能源需求反弹和全球供应中断，美国基准石油期货今年已上涨近 30%。

少数人持股的石油钻探公司正在引领二叠纪盆地的生产热潮，因为他们的目标是吸引寻求扩张的公共竞争对手的收购目光。雪佛龙公司周五告诉投资者，他们可以用更少的设备做更多的事情，因为现在一台钻机可以完成 2018 年需要两台钻机完成的相同工作。

(Bloomberg) — Shale explorers are searching for oil at rates not seen since the early weeks of the pandemic as high crude prices incentivize drilling.   

Oil rigs operating in US fields increased by 6 this week to 605, marking the biggest weekly expansion since June 24, according to Baker Hughes Co. data released Friday. It was the seventh weekly increase in the past two months.

Benchmark US oil futures have risen almost 30% this year amid rebounding energy demand and supply disruptions around the world.

Closely held oil drillers are leading the production rush in the Permian Basin as they aim to catch the acquisitive eye of public rivals looking to expand. Chevron Corp. told investors on Friday they can do more with less equipment, given that a single rig now can do the same work that required two as recently as 2018.