（彭博社）“切萨皮克能源公司计划在今年年底前将 80 个新天然气井置于暂停状态，以便在发电厂和取暖燃料价格从多年来的最低价格反弹时将其启动。

首席运营官 Josh Viets 在路易斯安那州什里夫波特举行的 Hart Energy 2024 年 DUG GAS+ 会议暨展览会间隙表示，该公司已经钻探了 15 口此类油井，并处于储备状态。

“我喜欢这样想，我们正在利用水库作为储存设施，”曾负责康菲石油公司二叠纪盆地业务的维茨说。 “当市场说，‘嘿，我需要更多的汽油’时，我们将能够迅速恢复供应，以帮助满足消费者的需求。”

天然气价格一直徘徊在四年来的低点附近，因为异常温和的冬季抑制了需求，而创纪录的产量导致地下洞穴中的燃料库存激增。切萨皮克上个月承诺将在 2023 年的基础上削减约 20% 的产量。

Viets 表示，随着未来几年液化天然气需求的增加，该公司预计价格将上涨。

(Bloomberg) – Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to put 80 new natural gas wells into suspended animation by the end of this year with an eye to turning them on when prices for power-plant and heating fuel rebound from the lowest prices in years.

The company already has drilled 15 such wells that are sitting in reserve, Chief Operating Officer Josh Viets said on the sidelines of Hart Energy’s DUG GAS+ Conference & Exhibition 2024 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

“The way I like to think about it is we’re using the reservoir as storage,” said Viets, who formerly oversaw ConocoPhillips’ Permian basin operations. “When the market says, ‘hey, I need more gas,’ we’ll be in a position to quickly restore that to help meet the needs of consumers.”

Gas prices have been hovering near a four-year low as an unusually mild winter dampened demand amid record production that swelled fuel stockpiles held in underground caverns. Chesapeake pledged last month to cut production by about 20% from 2023 levels.

The company is expecting prices to shift higher as demand for liquefied natural gas rises over the next few years, Viets said.