据道琼斯6月22日消息,今天公布的数据显示美国石油产量在过去的15周内有14周出现下降,这是一个好的现象,暗示着美国石油生产商正在减产以缓解供应过剩的困境。但是产量减少幅度低于预期。今年2月份召开的CERAWeek休斯敦石油大会上,IHS的一位高级官员告诉与会人士,到今年夏季,美国石油产量将降至830万桶-850万桶/天的水平。现在夏季已经到了,但是美国能源信息署(EIA)的数据显示,最新一周美国石油产量为870万桶/天,今年初的产量为920万桶/天。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
US Oil Output Declining Slower-Than-Hoped
Data today shows US oil production has fallen 14 of the past 15 weeks, a nice run that would suggest producers are putting the off-kilter supply and demand problem back on more level ground. But the pace of decline actually has been less than many expected. A top IHS official told attendees at its big CERAWeek Houston oil conference in February that US output would be in the 8.3M-8.5M bpd range "by the summer." Summer's now arrived, and the EIA's data for the latest week pegs output at 8.7M bpd vs 9.2M at the start of the year.