(彭博社) 二叠纪盆地最大的石油公司之一 Diamondback Energy Inc. 正在考虑利用其生产的部分天然气发电，以进行钻井和水力压裂作业。

二叠纪生产商越来越多地将业务从柴油发电机转向由当地电网供电。但德克萨斯州的电网有时不太可靠，尤其是在油田偏远地区。

“德克萨斯州陷入了困境，”Diamondback 首席执行官特拉维斯·斯蒂斯 (Travis Stice) 周二在奥斯汀的 Pickering Energy Partners 投资者会议上表示。“我们正在思考的是如何解决投资者对我们提出的一些电气化要求。”

这家总部位于德克萨斯州米德兰的公司最近完成了对 Endeavor Energy 的收购，还与核电开发商 Oklo Inc. 签署了一份不具约束力的意向书，以部署小型反应堆来满足其未来的部分电力需求。

当被问及 Diamondback 是否有兴趣开发自己的燃气发电厂时，Stice 表示拒绝。

“你可别以为 Diamondback 会说，‘好吧，我们要去建一个’，”他说道，“但我们有可能用我们的资产负债表参与其中的一些投资吗？”

(Bloomberg) – Diamondback Energy Inc., one of the Permian basin’s biggest oil companies, is considering using some of the natural gas it produces to generate electricity to run drilling and fracing operations.

Permian producers have increasingly shifted operations from diesel generators to electricity supplied by the local power grid. But the Texas grid can be unreliable at times, especially in remote parts of the oil patch.

“Texas is in a bind,” Diamondback Chief Executive Officer Travis Stice said Tuesday at the Pickering Energy Partners investor conference in Austin. “What we’re trying to think about is how can we solve some of the electrification demands that our investors have placed on us.”

The Midland, Texas-based company, which recently finalized its acquisition of Endeavor Energy, has also signed a nonbinding letter of intent with nuclear power developer Oklo Inc. to deploy small reactors for some of its future electricity needs.

When asked if Diamondback was interested in developing its own gas-fired power plants, Stice demurred.

“I don’t think you’d ever see Diamondback saying, ‘OK, we’re going to go build one,’” he said. “But is it possible we participate with our balance sheet in some of these investments?”