（彭博社）“美国页岩油田的钻探商再次试图从低迷的活动中反弹，这一次石油钻井平台数量的增幅为九个月来最大。

贝克休斯公司周五公布的数据显示，美国石油钻探数量增加了 6 座，达到 500 座，这是自 2 月底以来的最大单周增幅。这一增长是由西德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州二叠纪盆地的勘探者带动的，那里增加了四个石油钻井平台。这是该地区自 3 月中旬以来的最大增幅。

最近，钻井活动出现了复苏的迹象，但今年却跌至新低。最大的陆上钻机承包商在最新一轮财报电话会议上的观点表明，活动应该会触底，钻探增长应该会在今年最后三个月内恢复。

根据美国能源情报署本周的一份报告，二叠纪盆地的石油产量预计将在今年年底前扩大。与一个月前相比，政府机构的预测更为乐观。

(Bloomberg) — Drillers in the U.S. shale patch are again trying to rebound from slumping activity, this time expanding the oil rig count by the widest margin in nine months.

The number of U.S. rigs drilling for oil rose by 6 to 500, the biggest weekly jump since late February, according to data released by Baker Hughes Co. on Friday. The boost was led by explorers in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, where four oil rigs were added. That’s the biggest increase in the region since mid-March.

Drilling-rig activity has shown signs of coming to life in the recent past, only to drop to new lows this year. Views from the biggest onshore rig contractors during the latest round of earnings calls indicated that a bottom in activity should emerge and that drilling growth should return in the final three months of the year.

Oil output from the Permian Basin is set to expand through the end of this year, according to a report this week from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It’s a more bullish forecast from the government agency compared with a month earlier.