美国页岩困境的最新迹象是DUC井数量大幅下降|油田服务_顺水财经_顺水网

原标题：美国页岩困境的最新迹象是DUC井数量大幅下降

中国石化新闻网讯 据Oil Price网站2020年1月16日报道，在过去的6个月里，美国页岩探区已开钻但未完钻（DUC）井数量一直在稳步下降，这是一个新的迹象，表明页岩生产商已经停止了持续不断的钻井活动。

彭博社援引业内分析师的预测报道说，钻井活动的放缓预计将影响全球主要油田服务公司第4季度的业绩，这些公司正在美国关键的页岩区内进行完井作业。

根据来自美国能源信息署(EIA)的最新统计数据，去年11月份，美国7个关键页岩地区的DUC井数量降到了7574口，比10月份的7705口存货减少了131口。

根据彭博社基于EIA的统计数据估计，DUC井的数量从2019年5月的最近高点8429口下降到了11月的7574口。彭博社估计，这6个月的下降是过去3年来DUC井数量的最大降幅。

分析师目前预计，最大的油田服务提供商将在1月晚些时候公布第4季度收益，其中包括持续下降的压裂和完井活动。这将是美国石油生产商放缓钻井活动的又一迹象，因为投资者希望从美国页岩探区获得回报，而非原油供应过剩。

据彭博社报道，分析师预计哈里伯顿公司去年第4季度的收益将下降29%。另一方面，剥离了水力压裂服务业务的贝克休斯预计将公布更高的收益。

美国钻井和完井服务的放缓预计将与国际海上油田服务部分的恢复形成鲜明对比。

去年，全球最大的油田服务提供商斯伦贝谢公司开始注意到，北美钻井业务增长明显放缓。对于第3季度，斯伦贝谢公司表示，国际活动及其在美国页岩以外地区的钻井活动增加推高了该公司的收入，而北美地区的收入则有所下降。

李峻 编译自 Oil Price.com

原文如下：

Number Of DUC Wells Plunges In Latest Sign Of Shale Distress

Over the past six months, the number of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells across the U.S. shale patch has been steadily declining in a fresh sign that shale producers have stopped the relentless drilling of wells.

The slowdown in drilling is expected to weigh on the fourth-quarter results of the world’s major oilfield services companies working on well completions in the key U.S. shale regions, Bloomberg reports, citing analyst forecasts.

The number of DUC wells in the seven key shale regions dropped to 7,574 in November, down by 131 from the October DUC well inventory of 7,705, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

According to Bloomberg estimates based on EIA data, the number of DUC wells dropped from a recent high of 8,429 in May 2019 to 7,574 such wells in November. This drop in just six months was the steepest fall in DUC wells numbers for the past three years, Bloomberg has estimated.

Analysts now expect the largest oilfield services providers to report in their Q4 earnings later this month continued decline in fracking and completions activity. This would be yet another sign that U.S. oil producers have slowed drilling as investors want returns from the U.S. shale patch, not crude oil oversupply.

Halliburton is expected to report a fall of 29 percent in its earnings in Q4, according to analysts who spoke to Bloomberg. Baker Hughes, which spun off its fracking services business, on the other hand, is seen reporting higher earnings.

The slowdown in U.S. drilling and completions services is expected to be in sharp contrast to recovering international and offshore oilfield services segments.

The world’s biggest oilfield services provider, Schlumberger, started flagging last year the evident slowdown in North America’s drilling growth. For Q3, Schlumberger said that international activity and its greater exposure to drilling outside U.S. shale drove its revenues higher, while North American revenues declined.

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