能源服务公司贝克休斯公司在 7 月 7 日备受关注的报告中表示，美国能源公司本周 10 周来首次增加了石油和天然气钻井平台，这是自 2016 年 10 月以来天然气钻井平台单周增幅最大的一次。

截至 7 月 7 日当周，石油和天然气钻机数量（未来产量的早期指标）增加了 6 座，达到 680 座。尽管本周钻机数量有所增加，贝克休斯表示，钻机总数仍比同期减少了 72 座，即 10%。去年。

美国石油钻井平台本周减少 5 座，至 540 座，为 2022 年 4 月以来的最低水平，而天然气钻井平台增​​加 11 座，至 135 座，为 6 月初以来的最高水平。

发布自己的钻机数量数据的数据提供商 Enverus 表示，截至 7 月 5 日的一周内，钻井公司削减了 4 台钻机，使钻机总数减少至 732 台。这使得上个月钻机总数减少了约 10 台，同比下降了 13%。超过一年。

美国石油期货在 2022 年上涨约 7% 后，今年迄今已下跌约 9%。与此同时，美国天然气期货在去年上涨约 20% 后，今年迄今已下跌约 43%。

每周天然气钻机数量增加是不寻常的，因为天然气价格大幅下跌已经导致一些公司通过削减钻机来减少产量，特别是在阿肯色州、路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州的海恩斯维尔页岩。

尽管有一些减少钻机数量的计划，但美国金融服务公司 TD Cowen 追踪的独立勘探和生产公司在 2022 年和 2021 年分别增加了约 40% 和 4% 的支出后，预计 2023 年支出将比 2022 年增加约 19%。

根据美国能源公司的预测，支出的增加将有助于美国原油产量从 2022 年的 1190 万桶/日增至 2023 年的 1260 万桶/日，到 2024 年增至 1280 万桶/日。六月的信息管理局（EIA）。相比之下，2019 年的产量为创纪录的 1230 万桶/日。

与此同时，根据 EIA 的预测，美国天然气产量有望从 2022 年创纪录的每天 981.3 亿立方英尺 (Bcf/d) 增至 2023 年的 102.74 Bcf/d 和 2024 年的 103.04 Bcf/d。

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in 10 weeks, due to the biggest weekly increase in gas rigs since October 2016, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on July 7.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose six to 680 in the week to July 7. Despite this week's rig increase, Baker Hughes said the total count was still down 72 rigs, or 10%, below this time last year.

U.S. oil rigs fell five to 540 this week, their lowest since April 2022, while gas rigs rose 11 to 135, their highest since early June.

Data provider Enverus, which publishes its own rig count data, said drillers cut four rigs in the week to July 5, reducing the overall count to 732. That put the total count down about 10 rigs in the last month and down 13% year-over-year.

U.S. oil futures were down about 9% so far this year after gaining about 7% in 2022. U.S. gas futures, meanwhile, have plunged about 43% so far this year after rising about 20% last year.

The weekly gas rig count hike was unusual as the massive drop in gas prices has already caused some companies to reduce production by cutting rigs—especially in the Haynesville shale in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

Despite some plans to lower rig counts, the independent exploration and production companies tracked by U.S. financial services firm TD Cowen were on track to boost spending by about 19% in 2023 versus 2022 after increasing spending about 40% in 2022 and 4% in 2021.

That increased spending will help keep U.S. crude production on track to rise from 11.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2022 to 12.6 million bbl/d in 2023 and 12.8 million bbl/d in 2024, according to projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in June. That compares with a record 12.3 million bbl/d in 2019.

U.S. gas production, meanwhile, was on track to rise from a record 98.13 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2022 to 102.74 Bcf/d in 2023 and 103.04 Bcf/d in 2024, according to EIA's projection.