（彭博社）据美国一家主要管道运营商称，随着钻探效率的提高，西德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州多产的二叠纪盆地的石油产量今年将创下新纪录。

Plains All American Pipeline LP 在其第四季度收益报告中表示，该盆地的产量预计将在今年年底达到 6.4 MMbpd，高于 2023 年底的 6.1 MMbpd。首席财务官阿尔·斯旺森 (Al Swanson) 表示，尽管钻机数量保持稳定，但由于钻井效率的提高，这一增长仍将发生。

他说，300 台钻机“可能正在完成 12 个月前近 330 台钻机的工作”。从长远来看，斯旺森还认为，与油田可用的总体积相比，该行业会增加每口井的抽油量。斯旺森表示，二叠纪盆地的特拉华盆地将引领产量增长，而米德兰地区的产量将保持稳定。

去年，随着运营商钻探更深、更长的油井（有些油井延伸数英里）以开采更多原油，美国石油总产量猛增 1 百万桶/日。此次激增帮助美国原油出口升至创纪录水平，给欧佩克施加压力，要求其限制产量，并向因乌克兰战争而放弃俄罗斯原油的欧洲买家供货。

 

 

(Bloomberg) – Oil production from the prolific Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico is poised to rise to fresh record this year as drilling gets more efficient, according to a major U.S. pipeline operator.

Production from the basin is set to reach 6.4 MMbpd at the end of this year, up from 6.1 MMbpd at the end of 2023, Plains All American Pipeline LP said in its fourth-quarter earnings presentation. The growth will happen due to drilling efficiencies even as the number of rigs remains stable, Chief Financial Officer Al Swanson said.

Three hundred rigs are “probably doing the work of close to 330 rigs 12 months ago,” he said. In the long term, Swanson also sees the industry increasing the amount of oil pumped from each well compared with the total volume available in the field. The Permian’s Delaware basin will lead the increase, while production in the Midland section will remain stable, Swanson said.

Last year, total U.S. oil production soared by 1 MMbpd as operators drilled deeper and longer wells — some stretching for miles — to extract more crude. The surge helped American crude exports rise to a record, putting pressure on OPEC to restrain production and supplying European buyers who’ve turned away from Russian crude because of the war in Ukraine.