西方石油公司首席执行官维琪·霍鲁布 (Vicki Hollub) 4 月 12 日表示，二叠纪盆地尚未出现产量峰值，该地区产量的增加将有助于抵消其他盆地未来的产量下降。

据美国能源情报署估计，美国最大的页岩油盆地德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地4月份原油产量预计将增至562万桶/日（MMbbl/d）。

EIA数据显示，虽然预测将创历史新高，但该地区石油产量预计较3月份增加26,000桶/日，为去年12月以来的最小增幅。

自本月初以来，OPEC+ 宣布从 5 月到 2023 年底自愿减产 1.66 百万桶/日，令市场感到意外，油价自本月初飙升至 80 美元以上。

先锋自然资源公司首席执行官斯科特谢菲尔德4月12日表示，如果油价突破每桶90美元，那么今年油价可能会达到100美元/桶。谢菲尔德估计价格将在一段时间内保持在 90 美元/桶至 100 美元/桶的范围内。

科威特石油公司首席执行官谢赫·纳瓦夫·萨巴赫表示，OPEC+意外减产是为了维持供需平衡。

The Permian basin has not seen peak production, and increases in output from the region will help to offset production declines in other basins going forward, Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub said on April 12.

Crude output in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is expected to rise to 5.62 million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) in April, according to estimates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

While the projection would be a record high, oil output from the region is expected to gain by 26,000 bbl/d from March, the smallest increase since last December, EIA data showed.

Oil prices have surged above $80 since the beginning of the month, after OPEC+ surprised markets with an announcement of voluntary production cuts of 1.66 MMbbl/d from May through the end of 2023.

Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield said on April 12 that if oil prices break above $90 per barrel, then prices will likely reach $100/ bbl this year. Sheffield estimated that prices would then remain in a range of $90/ bbl to $100/bbl for some time.

OPEC+'s surprise output cut was to maintain a balance between supply and demand, Kuwait Petroleum Corp. CEO Shaikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah said.