美国石油公司减产速度远超预期

据今日油价5月7日报道，路透社表示，美国有望每天削减170万桶的石油产量。

4月初，在欧佩克最近一次签署协议之前，美国表示，美国将削减石油产量，以应对不断恶化的市场状况。这份声明一开始对欧佩克来说并没有达到预想中的期待，欧佩克希望这个全球最大的原油生产国和消费国做出更多承诺。

欧佩克最终同意减产970万桶/天，这是一个里程碑式的数字，远远大于欧佩克近年来的减产数量。在该协议中与欧佩克合作的非欧佩克国家承诺每日减产1000万桶。

美国能源部长表示，能源部预计美国石油日产量到今年年底将减少200万至300万桶，不过照目前的形势来看减产速度比能源部预期的还要快。

随着美国出行的限制，削减石油生产的需求变得更加急迫。美国生产商的减产可能会平息欧佩克和俄罗斯的不满情绪，毕竟，美国页岩油气行业从欧佩克此前的几轮减产中受益匪浅。

邹勤 摘译自 今日油价

原文如下：

U.S. Oil Companies Are Cutting Production Much Faster Than Expected

The United States is on track to cut 1.7 million barrels of oil production per day, according to Reuters calculations of state and company data shared on Thursday.

It was U.S. President that suggested at the beginning of April, prior to the most recent OPEC deal signing that the United States would cut its oil output as a natural response to the worsening market conditions. The statement was not initially good enough for OPEC, who wanted more of a commitment from the world’s largest producer and consumer of crude oil.

OPEC+ eventually agreed to cut production by 9.7 million bpd—a landmark figure that is significantly larger than previous OPEC cuts in recent years. Its non-OPEC allies who partnered with OPEC in the deal pledged to cut an additional 10 million bpd.

U.S. Energy Secretary said last month that the DoE expected that production in the United States would fall by between two and three million bpd by the end of the year—it appears the cuts have come even quicker than the department expected.

The need for the production cuts grew more evident as the United States shut down nearly all activity in an attempt to flatten that curve of infections that sought to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. Doing so, however, has idled much of the economy and crippled demand—and as such, its oil and gas industry that fuels that economy.

The cuts from U.S. producers may seek to quiet the disgruntlement of OPEC and Russia, in particular, who expressed their displeasure that the U.S. would not require its producers to curb production. After all, the U.S. shale industry has benefited greatly from previous rounds of OPEC cuts.