“由于经济放缓，通胀压力导致需求减少，存在下行压力，”一位参与对堪萨斯州、科罗拉多州、内布拉斯加州、俄克拉荷马州、怀俄明州和新墨西哥州部分地区石油公司调查的高管表示。
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堪萨斯城联邦储备银行10月7日在季度调查中表示，第三季度美国中西部和西部山区的石油和天然气活动有所下降，但总体仍处于上升状态。
能源活动指数环比从 57 降至 44，但仍处于该调查历史上的最高水平之一。油价下跌之际，人们担心经济衰退和高油价将抑制石油和天然气的需求。
能源公司对未来业务的前景略显悲观，钻探活动指数从上一季度的 50 降至 25。高管们平均表示，油价需要达到 61 美元/桶，他们的企业才能盈利，并且需要上涨到 102 美元/桶才能促使钻探大幅增加。
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“There is downward pressure due to a slowing economy and inflation pressure is reducing demand,” said one executive who participated in the survey of oil firms operating in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and parts of New Mexico.
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Oil and gas activity in the U.S. Midwest and Mountain West declined in the third quarter, but remains generally elevated, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said on Oct. 7 in a quarterly survey.
The energy activity index fell to 44 from 57 quarter-over-quarter, but remains at one of its highest levels in the survey’s history. The decline comes amid fears that a recession and high prices will dampen demand for oil and gas.
Energy firms expressed a slightly more bearish outlook for future business, with the drilling activity index declining to 25 from 50 in the previous quarter. Executives on average said oil prices need to be at $61/bbl for their businesses to be profitable, and would need an increase to $102/bbl to prompt a substantial increase in drilling.
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