美国页岩公司获得超过24亿美元援助

据世界石油网站7月7日消息 页岩产业正从美国政府的工资保障计划中获得至少24亿美元的贷款，该计划旨在帮助那些在疫情影响下挣扎的企业。

根据彭博社周一发布的数据，这项计划将使16000多名石油和天然气勘探者和服务提供商受益。切萨皮克能源公司联合创始人汤姆·沃德经营的天然气生产商马赫资源有限责任公司是上市公司中获得200-500万美元贷款的公司之一。

在疫情爆发前，页岩油气勘探者已经在与高债务水平作斗争，他们不得不经受住石油需求暴跌的双重打击，而这是历史上最严重的原油价格暴跌。

此项援助是包括近490万贷款在内的广泛计划的一部分。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Shale companies receive more than $2.4 billion in pandemic assistance

The shale industry is getting at least $2.4 billion in loans from the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program aimed at helping businesses that are struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The program will benefit more than 16,000 oil and natural gas explorers and service providers, according to data released Monday and compiled by Bloomberg. Mach Resources LLC, the gas producer run by Chesapeake Energy Corp. co-founder Tom Ward, is among companies listed as receiving loans of $2 million to $5 million.

Shale explorers, which were already struggling with high debt levels before Covid-19 hit, had to weather the double whammy of plunging demand for fuel amid lockdowns and the worst crude price crash in history.

The aid is part of a broad program that includes almost 4.9 million loans.