雷普索尔计划在瓦卡穆尔塔重新部署46台钻机

据石油世界期刊9月8日报道，阿根廷政府支持的能源公司雷普索尔（YPF）计划在未来6个月内在该国瓦卡穆尔塔地区（Vaca Muerta）地区重新部署46台钻机，以帮助该国最大的页岩区块恢复油气产量。在疫情期间，该区块的油气产量大幅下降。

9月2日，内乌肯(Neuquen)州长奥马尔·古铁雷斯(Omar Gutierrez)在黑河（Rio Negro）报纸上刊登的一个能源研讨会中表示，有一个连续的计划，以便公司所有在疫情之前运行的钻机重新合并。”“我们的想法是，这46台钻机将在明年2月之前投入运营。”

古铁雷斯表示，YPF首席执行官塞尔吉奥·阿夫弗蒂尼在会议上向他介绍了这些计划。 当被问及钻机时，YPF的新闻媒体拒绝置评。

如果执行该计划，该国最大的油气生产商YPF将随着瓦卡·穆尔塔的发展而向前迈进，与此同时，雪佛龙和壳牌等其他公司在4月和5月经济封锁期间的活动急剧下降， 被迫停产后，也重新启动计划。

从今年3月20日开始的封锁使当地石油需求减少了一半以上，降至每日20万桶，并阻止了一些出于健康考虑的油田工作。但逐步放松的封锁(已延长至9月20日)重新点燃了需求，鼓励生产商重新开始钻井和完井。根据国家统计机构Indec的数据显示，炼油厂的利用率从4月份46.2%的低点回升至6月份的67.3%，但仍低于疫情前80%的水平。

郝芬 译自 石油世界期刊

原文如下：

YPF to redeploy rigs in Vaca Muerta on export potential

Argentina's state-backed energy company YPF plans to redeploy 46 rigs in the Vaca Muerta region over the next six months, helping to revive oil and natural gas output from the country's biggest shale play after a plunge in activity during the coronavirus pandemic.

"There is a sequential plan so that all of the company's drilling rigs in operation before the pandemic are reincorporated," Neuquen Governor Omar Gutierrez said Sept. 2 in an energy seminar put on by Rio Negro newspaper. "The idea is that the 46 rigs will be operating by next February."

Gutierrez said YPF CEO Sergio Affronti told him about the plans in a meeting. A press source at YPF declined to comment when asked about the rigs.

If the plan is carried out, YPF, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, would be moving forward with the development of Vaca Muerta as other companies in the play, like Chevron and Shell, also dust off plans after a plunge in activity during a lockdown of the economy forced most to shut-in production in April and May.

The lockdown, which started March 20, cut local oil demand by more than half to as low as 200,000 b/d and prevented some field work on health concerns. But a gradual easing of the lockdown — it has been extended to September 20 — has rekindled demand, encouraging producers to start drilling and completing wells again. The refinery utilization rate recovered to 67.3% in June from a low of 46.2% in April, but is still shy of the pre-pandemic levels of 80%, according to the state statistics agency Indec.