据离岸工程网站9月13日消息 美国能源公司在六周内第五次增加了石油和天然气钻机数量。飓风艾达袭击墨西哥湾海岸后，墨西哥湾的海上石油设施开始缓慢恢复。

能源服务公司贝克休斯周五在其密切关注的报告中称，上周路易斯安那州增加了4部海上石油钻机。

上周，由于飓风艾达的原因，在墨西哥湾作业的14个海上钻井平台全部关闭，这些钻机均在路易斯安那州附近。

截至8月，石油和天然气钻机数量已连续13个月增加，因为不断上涨的石油价格促使钻井工人返回井场。

贝克休斯表示，石油和天然气钻机数量是未来产量的早期指标，在截至9月10日的一周内上升6，至503部。

去年同期，总钻机数量增加了249部（98%）。

美国石油钻机数量本周上涨7部，至401部，天然气钻机数量下降1部，至101部。

除了海湾沿岸的海上钻井平台外，钻井工人还在德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地增加了4部石油钻机，这是美国最大的页岩油地层。

周五，美国原油期货交易价格在每桶70美元左右，受飓风艾达导致的美国供应紧张迹象的支撑。

今年迄今为止，油价上涨约43%，一些能源公司表示，在过去两年削减钻井和完井支出后，他们计划在2021年增加支出。

然而，由于大多数公司继续专注于增加现金流、减少债务和增加股东回报，而不是增加产出，支出增长仍然很小。

事实上，许多分析师根本不指望额外支出能提振产出。相反，他们认为这只会取代油井产量的自然下降。

根据政府预测，美国石油产量预计将从2020年的1130万桶/天下滑至2021年的1110万桶/天，然后在2022年升至1170万桶/天。相比之下，2019年的年最高水平为每日1230万桶。

吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Gulf of Mexico: Offshore Rigs Start to Return after Ida -Baker Hughes

U.S. energy firms [last week] added oil and natural gas rigs for a fifth time in six weeks as offshore oil units in the Gulf of Mexico slowly started to return after Hurricane Ida slammed into the coast.

[Last week], four offshore oil rigs returned in Louisiana, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday.

The previous week, all 14 offshore rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico shut due to Ida. All of them were seeking oil and located off Louisiana.

Overall, the oil and gas rig count has increased for 13 months in a row through August as rising oil prices have prompted drillers to return to the wellpad.

The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose 6 to 503 in the week to Sept. 10, Baker Hughes said.

That puts the total rig count was up 249 rigs, or 98%, over this time last year.

U.S. oil rigs rose 7 to 401 this week, while gas rigs fell 1 to 101.

In addition to the offshore Gulf Coast rigs, drillers also added 4 oil rigs in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico, the nation's biggest shale oil formation.

U.S. crude futures were trading around $70 a barrel on Friday, supported by growing signs of supply tightness in the United States as a result of Hurricane Ida.

With oil prices up about 43% so far this year, some energy firms said they plan to boost spending in 2021 after cutting drilling and completion expenditures over the past two years.

That spending increase, however, remains small as most firms continue to focus on boosting cash flow, reducing debt and increasing shareholder returns rather than adding output.

In fact, many analysts do not expect that extra spending to boost output at all. Instead, they think it will only replace natural declines in well production.

U.S. oil production is expected to slide from 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2020 to 11.1 million bpd in 2021 before rising to 11.7 million bpd in 2022, according to government projections. That compares with the all-time annual high of 12.3 million bpd in 2019.