能源服务公司贝克休斯公司在 6 月 30 日备受关注的报告中表示，美国能源公司本周自 2020 年 7 月以来首次连续第九周削减了运营的石油和天然气钻井平台数量。

截至 6 月 30 日当周，石油和天然气钻井数量（未来产量的早期指标）减少了 8 座，至 674 座，为 2022 年 4 月以来的最低水平。

贝克休斯表示，这使得钻机总数比去年同期减少了 76 台，即 10%。

美国石油钻井平台本周减少 1 座，至 545 座，为 2022 年 4 月以来的最低水平；天然气钻井平台减少 6 座，至 124 座，为 2022 年 2 月以来的最低水平。

本月，石油和天然气钻井总数继 5 月份减少 44 座之后，6 月份减少了 37 座。这使得总数自二月份以来首次连续第二个月下降。

本季度，石油和天然气钻井总数减少了 81 座，这是自 2020 年第二季度减少 463 座以来的最大数量。

数据提供商 Enverus 发布了自己的钻机数量数据，该公司表示，截至 6 月 28 日的一周内，钻井公司削减了 4 台钻机，使钻机总数减少至 736 台。这使得上个月钻机总数减少了约 18 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 12%。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 37%。

天然气价格大幅下跌已经导致切萨皮克能源公司、西南能源公司和康斯托克资源公司等一些勘探和生产公司宣布计划通过削减一些钻机来减少产量，特别是在阿肯色州、路易斯安那州和路易斯安那州的海恩斯维尔页岩。德克萨斯州。

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 cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a ninth week in a row for the first time since July 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co. said in its closely followed report on June 30.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by 8 to 674 in the week to June 30, the lowest since April 2022.

Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 76 rigs, or 10%, below this time last year.

U.S. oil rigs fell by one to 545 this week, their lowest since April 2022, while gas rigs fell 6 to 124, their lowest since February 2022.

For the month, the total oil and gas count fell by 37 rigs in June after dropping 44 in May. That put the total count down for a second month in a row for the first time since February.

For the quarter, the total oil and gas count fell by 81 rigs, the most since dropping by 463 in the second quarter of 2020.

Data provider Enverus, which publishes its own rig count data, said drillers cut four rigs in the week to June 28, reducing the overall count to 736. That put the total count down about 18 rigs in the last month and down 13% year-over-year.

U.S. oil futures were down about 12% so far this year after gaining about 7% in 2022. U.S. gas futures, meanwhile, have plunged about 37% so far this year after rising about 20% last year.

The massive drop in gas prices has already caused some exploration and production companies, including Chesapeake Energy Corp, Southwestern Energy Co and Comstock Resources Inc, to announce plans to reduce production by cutting some 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.