据油气新闻11月19日消息称，哥伦比亚矿业和能源部长Diego Mesa周三表示，哥伦比亚预计2021年平均石油产量接近77万桶/天，低于此前的预测。

石油是哥伦比亚最大的出口和外汇来源，但在冠状病毒大流行开始时，由于需求下降和供应增加，石油产量下降，然后在2021年年中进一步下降。

在6月接受路透采访时，Mesa预计年度石油日产量在78万至80万桶之间。根据政府数据，2020年的产量为78.13万桶/天，比2019年下降了11%以上。

哥伦比亚最大的国有石油公司和最大的石油生产国Ecopetrol本月公布第三季度石油日产量为49.09万桶，同比下降1.8%。

该公司今年前9个月的平均产量为48.35万桶/天，低于2020年前9个月报告的52.05万桶/天。

原油产量下降促使该公司将全年油气产量指导从之前的70万至71万桶油当量的目标下调至68万桶油当量/天。

朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻

原文如下：

Colombia 2021 oil production forecast cut to near 770,000 barrels per day

Colombia expects average oil production of close to 770,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021, lower than a previous forecast, Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa said on Wednesday.

Oil is Colombia’s top export and source of foreign exchange but production dipped at the start of the coronavirus pandemic due to falling demand and rising supply, before falling further in the middle of 2021 amid protests.

In an interview with Reuters in June, Mesa forecast annual oil production of between 780,000 and 800,000 bpd. Production in 2020 was 781,300 bpd, according to the government, a fall of more than 11% versus 2019.

Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company and largest oil producer Ecopetrol this month reported third-quarter oil output of 490,900 bpd, down 1.8% on the year-earlier period.

The company’s production in the first nine months of the year averaged 483,500 bpd, lower than the 520,500 bpd it reported in the first nine months of 2020.

The lower crude output prompted the company to cut its full-year guidance for oil and gas production to an average of 680,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (bped), from a previous target of between 700,000 to 710,000 bped.