E&P Plus 封面故事：制定新路线

压裂创新加速了北美页岩行业的财务和环境可持续发展努力。

随着北美页岩油行业从 2020 年的灾难中慢慢恢复，新技术和压裂设计正在帮助公司实现更高的运营和财务效率。（来源：通用压力泵）

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俗话说，事后诸葛亮是20/20。但当行业回顾过去的一年时，可能很难对 2020 年有清晰的愿景。油田服务 (OFS) 行业，特别是水力压裂市场，首当其冲，许多压力泵工在春末夏初几乎没有工作。

据 Westwood Energent 称，在二叠纪盆地作业的压裂人员数量为 18 至 20 人。尽管大流行限制开始取消，石油需求到初秋开始略有改善，但 OFS 行业仍基本停滞不前，因为运营商正在努力解决这一问题。他们的 DUC 库存。

但随着日历翻到新的一年，水力压裂行业正在总结 2020 年的经验教训，并推进旨在优化运营商和服务提供商效率的创新和技术。与此同时，随着页岩油生产商越来越多地致力于实现 ESG 目标，服务提供商正在向市场推出减少排放并普遍减少压裂作业碳足迹的系统和工具。

尽管许多业内人士认为页岩油行业的钻井和完井活动可能永远不会再达到之前的高点，但水力压裂行业的心跳在 2020 年底前变得更加强劲，虽然今年可能不会全力以赴，但它将继续为美国能源工业注入命脉。

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E&P Plus Cover Story: Charting a New Course

Frac innovations accelerate financial and environmental sustainability efforts for the North American shale industry.

As the North American shale industry slowly recovers from the devastation of 2020, new technologies and frac designs are helping companies achieve greater operational and financial efficiencies. (Source: Universal Pressure Pumping)

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[Editor's note: The full version of this article originally appeared in the January issue of E&P Plus. Subscribe to the digital publication here.]

As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. But as the industry looks back on the past year, it might be hard-pressed to come away with a clear vision of 2020. The oilfield services (OFS) sector, and in particular the hydraulic fracturing market, took the brunt of the blow, with many pressure pumpers seeing almost no work by late spring and early summer.

According to Westwood Energent, the number of frac crews operating in the Permian numbered 18 to 20. Even as pandemic restrictions began being lifted, and demand for oil started to marginally improve by the early fall, the OFS sector remained mostly stagnant as operators worked through their inventory of DUCs.

But as the calendar has flipped to a new year, the fracking industry is both taking stock of lessons learned from 2020 and pushing forward with innovations and technologies designed to optimize efficiencies for both operators and service providers. Meanwhile, as shale producers increasingly put more effort on achieving ESG goals, service providers are bringing to market systems and tools that cut down on emissions and generally reduce the carbon footprint of fracturing operations.

Although many industry insiders believe the shale industry will likely never again achieve its previous highs in drilling and completions activity, the heartbeat of the fracking industry gained strength toward year-end 2020, and while it might not be at full strength this year, it will continue to pump the lifeblood of the U.S. energy industry.

Click here to read the full cover story in the January issue of E&P Plus.