???? 據路透社4月13日報道，美國能源信息署(EIA)周一表示，美國7個主要頁巖地層的石油產量預計將連續第三個月上升，5月份，將增加約1.3萬桶/天，至761萬桶/天。

????EIA在月度預測中表示，二疊紀盆地的產量增幅是最大的，該盆地的產量預計將增加5.2萬桶/天，至約447萬桶/天，為2020年4月以來的最高水平。

????巴肯和Eagle Ford等其他主要生產盆地的產量預計將分別下降1.2萬桶/天和9000桶/天。根據數據顯示，北達科他州和蒙大拿州巴肯盆地的產量預計將下降至110萬桶/天，這是自2020年7月以來的最低水平。

????隨著油價反彈，美國的石油生產商已經開始慢慢增加鉆井平臺，但市場的需求復蘇仍不溫不火，加上投資者要求減少債務的壓力，使得公司沒有急于增加產量。

????根據EIA的鉆井產能報告，5月份主要頁巖盆地的天然氣產量預計將下降約1億立方英尺/天，降至828億立方英尺/天。相比之下，2019年12月的月度最高記錄為869億立方英尺。

????最大的頁巖盆地阿巴拉契亞的天然氣產量預計在5月份下降1億立方英尺至341億立方英尺，這是自2020年10月以來的最低水平。相比之下，2020年12月的月度記錄為352億立方英尺。

????根據EIA自2007年以來的數據，如果情況屬實，阿巴拉契亞地區的產量將連續第五個月創下紀錄。與此同時，Haynesville的天然氣產量將在5月份增加了1億立方英尺/天，達到創紀錄的122億立方英尺/天。

????EIA表示，今年3月，生產商在最大的頁巖盆地新鉆了464口井，完成了641口井的鉆探作業。這使得已鉆未完井(DUC)數量減少177口至6912口，為2018年11月以來的最低水平。

????根據EIA從2014年就開始記錄的數據來看，3月是自2020年4月以來鉆井和完井數量最多的一個月份，創下九個月來的記錄。

????王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

????原文如下：

????U. S. shale oil output to rise 13,000 bpd to 7.61 million bpd in May -EIA

????U.S. oil output from seven major shale formations is expected to rise for a third straight month, climbing by about 13,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May to 7.61 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Monday.

????The biggest increase is set to come from the Permian, the top-producing basin in the country, where output is expected to rise by 52,000 bpd to about 4.47 million bpd, the highest since April 2020, the EIA said in a monthly forecast.

????Output from other top producing basins such as the Bakken and Eagle Ford are expected to slide by 12,000 bpd and 9,000 bpd, respectively. Production in the Bakken basin of North Dakota and Montana is expected to drop to 1.1 million bpd, the lowest since July 2020, according to the data.

????Oil producers in the United States have begun to slowly add drilling rigs as prices rebound, but tepid demand recovery and investor pressure to reduce debt have kept companies from rushing to increase production.

????Natural gas production from the major shale basins was expected to decline about 0.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) to 82.8 bcfd in May, according to EIA’s drilling productivity report.

????That compares with a monthly record high of 86.9 bcfd in December 2019.

????Gas output in Appalachia, the biggest shale gas basin, was expected to decline 0.1 bcfd to 34.1 bcfd in May, its lowest since October 2020. That compares with a monthly record of 35.2 bcfd in December 2020.

????If correct, that would put output in Appalachia down for a record fifth month in a row, according to EIA data going back to 2007.

????Gas output in the Haynesville, meanwhile, rose 0.1 bcfd to a record 12.2 bcfd in May.

????EIA said producers drilled 464 wells and completed 641 in the biggest shale basins in March. That left total drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells down 177 to 6,912, their lowest since November 2018.

????That was the most for drilled and completed wells since April 2020 and put DUCs down for a record ninth month in a row, according to EIA data going back to 2014.