據4月15日Kallanish Energy報道，美國能源部(U.S. Department of Energy)及其能源信息署預計，隨著需求減少和大宗商品價格下跌，該國5月份原油和天然氣產量將下降，七個主要鉆探地區的產量都將下降。

EIA在其最新的鉆井產能報告中稱，石油產量預計將從4月的870.9萬桶/天下降至5月的852.6萬桶/天，降幅為2.1%。

天然氣產量預計將從4月份的840.27萬立方英尺/天下滑至5月份的831.58億立方英尺/天，降幅為1%。

西德克薩斯州和新墨西哥州的二疊紀盆地的石油產量預計將出現最大降幅，每天減少7.6萬桶。

天然氣產量降幅最大的地區預計是賓夕法尼亞州、俄亥俄州和西弗吉尼亞州的阿巴拉契亞盆地，預計該地區5月份的產量將下降3.26億立方英尺/天。

王佳晶 摘譯自 Kallanish Energy

原文如下：

U.S. crude oil, natural gas production to drop in May: EIA

U.S. crude oil and natural gas production are both expected to dip in May with declines in all seven major drilling areas, according to the U.S. Department of Energy and its Energy Information Administration.

That’s due to less demand from the cornavirus pandemic and lower commodity prices, Kallanish Energy reports.

Oil production is projected to drop from 8,709,000 barrels per day in April 2020 to 8,526,000 in May 2020, a decline of 2.1%, the EIA said in its new Drilling Productivity Report.

Natural gas production is expected to slip from 84,027 million cubic feet per day in April to 83,158 million cubic feet per day in May, a drop of 1%.

The biggest drop in oil production is expected in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico where oil production is projected to drop 76,000 barrels per day.

For natural gas, the biggest drop is projected in the Appalachian Basin of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia where production in May is expected to drop 326 million cubic feet per day.