(彭博社) — Matador Resources Co. 计划在 2024 年开采出比最初预期更多的石油，这表明二叠纪盆地西部的油井（美国最富饶的油田）将为钻探者带来意外的收益，并增强全国供应。
根据该公司周三发布的收益报告，今年前六个月，Matador 的业绩已经超出预期——第二季度创纪录的平均石油产量比该公司同期的预期平均产量高出 3%。总部位于达拉斯的 Matador 目前计划在 2024 年生产 93,500 至 96,500 桶/天的石油。该公司之前全年预测范围的上限为 95,000 桶/天。
Matador 是本季度首家公布盈利的页岩油生产商，其产量增长并未考虑其近期在该地区收购的资产。上个月，Matador 从 EnCap Investments LP 的一家投资组合公司手中收购了邻近的 Permian 油田，收购价格为 19 亿美元。
Matador 公司的高管在周三与分析师举行的收益电话会议上将油井业绩好于预期归功于钻井效率的提高，例如钻井人员花费更少的时间钻井以及同时对更多油井进行水力压裂。
(Bloomberg) – Matador Resources Co. plans to pump more oil in 2024 than it originally expected, a sign that wells in the western section of the Permian basin – the most prolific U.S. oil field – are surprising drillers to the upside and bolstering national supply.
Through the first six months of the year Matador has already surpassed projections – its record average oil production in the second quarter was 3% better than the company’s expected average for that time frame, according to the company’s earnings report released Wednesday. Dallas-based Matador now plans to produce 93,500 to 96,500 bpd in 2024. The upper end of its previous full-year projection range was 95,000 bpd.
The production boost for Matador, the first shale producer to report earnings this quarter, does not consider its recent acquisition of assets in the region. Last month, Matador purchased $1.9 billion in neighboring Permian acreage from a portfolio company of EnCap Investments LP.
Matador executives on a Wednesday earnings conference call with analysts credited the better-than-expected well performance to drilling efficiency improvements such as crews spending less time drilling wells and hydraulic fracturing more wells simultaneously.