據能源網2月20日休斯敦報道，本周，原油價格飆升至2014年以來的最高水平，美國能源公司自2021年2月以來首次連續第七周增加石油和天然氣鉆機。

周五，能源服務公司貝克休斯公司在其密切關注的報告中表示，油氣鉆機數量是未來產量的早期指標，在截至2月18日的一周內增加了10臺，至645臺，這是自2020年4月以來的最高水平。貝克休斯表示，與去年同期相比，今年的鉆機總數增加了248臺，增幅62%。

本周，美國石油鉆機增加4臺，至520臺，為2020年4月以來的最高水平;天然氣鉆機增加6臺，至124臺，為2021年5月以來的最大單周漲幅,2019年12月以來的最高水平。

本周，美國原油期貨價格接近每桶96美元，為2014年9月以來的最高水平。

隨著油價在2021年飆升55%后，今年迄今為止上漲了約21%，鉆機總數量已連續18個月攀升。

然而，分析師指出，美國2021的產量下滑，因為許多能源公司更關注于向投資者返還資金，而不是提高產量。

美國能源情報署(EIA)周一表示，美國最大的頁巖油盆地得克薩斯州和新墨西哥州的二疊紀盆地3月石油產量將升至創紀錄的520.5萬桶/日。

該公司預計，3月份主要頁巖盆地的天然氣產量將增至創紀錄的917億立方英尺/天。

但是，自從2020年12月二疊紀每臺鉆機新油井產量達到創紀錄的1546桶/天，以及自2021年3月阿巴拉契亞的每臺鉆機新氣井產量達到創紀錄的3330萬立方英尺/天以來，最大的油氣盆地的生產力一直在下降。

越來越多的能源公司表示，在2019年和2020年削減鉆井和完井支出后，他們計劃在2022年連續第二年增加支出。

美國金融服務公司Cowen & Co表示，其追蹤的獨立勘探和生產 (E&P) 公司計劃在2021年與2020年相比增加約4%的支出后，2022年的支出將比2021年增加約23%。

此前，資本支出在2020年和2019年分別下降了約48%和12%。

郝芬 譯自 能源網

原文如下：

U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for seventh week -Baker Hughes

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a seventh week in a row for the first time since February 2021 after crude prices this week soared to their highest since 2014.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose 10 to 645 in the week to Feb. 18, its highest since April 2020, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday.Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count up 248 rigs, or 62%, over this time last year.

U.S. oil rigs rose by four to 520 this week, their highest since April 2020, while gas rigs rose six, their biggest weekly gain since May 2021, to 124, their highest since December 2019.

U.S. crude futures rose close to $96 per barrel this week, their highest since September 2014.

The combined rig count has climbed for a record 18 months in a row as oil prices gained about 21% so far this year after soaring 55% in 2021.

However, analysts noted U.S. production in 2021 slipped as many energy firms focused more on returning money to investors rather than boosting output.

Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, will rise to a record 5.205 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, the Energy Information Administration said on Monday.

Gas output in the major shale basins will increase to a record 91.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) bcfd in March, it projected.

But productivity in the biggest oil and gas basins has declined since hitting records of new oil well production per rig of 1,546 bpd in December 2020 in the Permian and new gas well production per rig of 33.3 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) in March 2021 in Appalachia, it said.

A growing number of energy firms said they plan to boost spending for a second year in a row in 2022 after cutting drilling and completion expenditures in 2019 and 2020.

U.S. financial services firm Cowen & Co said the independent exploration and production (E&P) companies it tracks plan to boost spending by about 23% in 2022 versus 2021 after increasing spending about 4% in 2021 versus 2020.

That follows a drop in capital expenditures of roughly 48% in 2020 and 12% in 2019.