中國石化新聞網訊 據12月15日oil monster消息：有官員表示，10月北達科他州石油產量略高於120萬桶/天，接近自疫情開始削減該州巴肯頁巖油田產量以來的最高水平。
北達科他州礦產資源部主任林恩·赫爾姆斯在月度簡報中援引最新數據表示，該州10月原油產量為122萬桶，較上月下降0.02%。
該州石油產量仍低於在疫情開始大幅削減全球燃料需求之前的幾個月中保持的140萬桶/天。從1月到10月，該地區石油鑽井平臺數量減少了75%。
赫爾姆斯說:「今年可能是我所見過的石油行業第三糟糕的一年。」上世紀90年代末的石油市場崩盤使北達科他州的鑽機數量降至零，80年代中期的油價暴跌使鑽機數量從大約150臺減少到十幾臺。
該州在其月度報告中稱，目前美國第二大頁巖盆地巴肯生產的原油價格約為每桶37美元，較疫情導致燃料需求減少之前的每桶60多美元有所下降。
赫爾姆斯表示，預計2021年大流行造成的燃料需求疲軟，加上與原油相對比的清潔能源推動，將繼續對油價和生產構成壓力。
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North Dakota Oil Output Holds Steady at 1.2 Million bpd for October
North Dakota oil production was just over 1.2 million barrels a day in October, holding near its strongest levels since the coronavirus pandemic began to curtail output in the state’s Bakken shale field, a state official said on Monday.
The state’s crude oil output sat at 1.22 million barrels in October, a 0.02% decline from the prior month, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms said at a monthly briefing, citing the latest available data.
North Dakota oil production remained below the 1.4 million bpd output it maintained in the months before COVID-19 began to slash global fuel demand. The state’s oil rig count was down 75% from January to October.
「This was probably the third worst year I have ever seen for the oil industry,」 said Helms, referencing his roughly 40 years in the industry.
An oil market crash in the late 1990s brought North Dakota down to zero drilling rigs and the oil price collapse in the mid-1980s cut the number of rigs down to the teens from about 150 rigs, he said.
「All in all, though, it was a pretty terrible year for the industry,」 Helms added.
The current price of crude produced in the Bakken, the second-largest U.S. shale basin, is about $37 a barrel, a drop off from the more than $60 a barrel before the health crisis curtailed fuel demand, the state said in its monthly report.
In 2021, Helms said he expected weak fuel demand caused by the pandemic, coupled with a push for cleaner energy as opposed to crude oil, to continue pressure oil prices and production.