據今日油價3月23日報道，因油價暴跌，石油公司急于削減預算和涉及美國最富產的頁巖盆地二疊紀，然而行業機構期望，雖然短期內困難，頁巖區能幸免于油價戰和油價暴跌。

阿帕奇公司（Apache Corporation）兩周前表示，將其今年資本投資計劃從先前的16億—19億美元削減至10億—12億美元。阿帕奇還將在未來幾周內停止在二疊紀開采石油，以限制“依賴短周期石油項目”。

阿帕奇首席執行官兼總裁John J. Christmann IV在一份聲明中表示，我們將在今年剩余時間內大幅減少計劃的鉆機數量和完井量，并且我們的資本支出計劃將根據市場情況保持靈活。

幾天后，先鋒自然資源公司還宣布將“采取果斷行動，以應對油價下跌和全球宏觀經濟的不確定性。”

先鋒將2020年的鉆井、完井和設施資本預算削減了約45％，預計在16億—18億美元之間。面對低油價，該公司將在未來兩個月內將其運營的鉆機數量從目前的22臺減少到11臺。

郝芬 譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

US Oil Turns Its Back On The Permian As Prices Crash

Amid crashing oil prices, oil firms are rushing to cut budgets and exposure to the most prolific shale basin in the United States, the Permian, yet industry bodies expect the shale patch to survive the oil price war and the oil price collapse despite the short-term pain.

Apache Corporation said two weeks ago it was slashing its 2020 capital investment plan to $1.0 billion-$1.2 billion from a previous range of $1.6 billion-$1.9 billion. Apache will also stop pumping oil in the Permian in the coming weeks to limit “exposure to short-cycle oil projects.”

“We are significantly reducing our planned rig count and well completions for the remainder of the year, and our capital spending plan will remain flexible based on market conditions,” John J. Christmann IV, Apache’s chief executive officer and president, said in a statement.

A few days later, Pioneer Natural Resources also announced it was “taking decisive action in response to lower oil prices and global macroeconomic uncertainty.”

Pioneer is cutting its 2020 drilling, completion, and facilities capital budget by some 45 percent, expecting it to range between $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion. Faced with low oil prices, the company will reduce its operated rig count from 22 currently to 11 operated rigs within the next two months.