据普氏能源资讯休斯顿 11月16日消息称，北达科他州官员周五宣布，北达科他州9月石油平均日产量接近136万桶，比8月份增加约66800桶/日，并创下月度产量新纪录。
北达科他州最高石油和天然气监管机构Lynn Helms周五告诉记者，9月是北达科他州石油产量连续第四个月破纪录，但由于管道堵塞、全球供应过剩以及燃烧监管中可能发生的重大变化，石油产量增长可能很快停滞。
赫尔姆斯说：“9月份，石油和天然气行业几乎打破了所有记录。”
赫尔姆斯表示，9月全州天然气平均日产量达到创纪录的25.3亿立方英尺，高于8月每日24.4亿立方英尺。此外，赫尔姆斯表示，9月份油井数达到了15287口，比8月份增加了163口，亦创下纪录。
赫尔姆斯表示，9月是至少三年来石油增长速度首次超过天然气，因为石油生产商从油气比相对较高相对较高的州的核心钻井区转移到北达科州西北部的Divide、Mountrail和Burke县的新油井。
赫尔姆斯说：“这些地区多年来一直没有进行任何钻探活动，现在随着三英里长的管道和新的完井技术的出现，这些地区的经济效益大大提高。” “我们开始看到油气比率有所缓和。我们看到石油和天然气的同步程度有所提高。”
陈菲 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
North Dakota oil output averages record 1.36 million b/d in September
North Dakota oil production averaged nearly 1.36 million b/d in September, up about 66,800 b/d from August and a new record for monthly output, state officials announced Friday.
September marked the fourth straight month for record-breaking oil output in North Dakota, but growth could soon stall due to pipeline congestion, a global supply glut and potentially major changes in flaring regulation, Lynn Helms, the state's top oil and gas regulator told reporters Friday.
"The oil and gas industry broke virtually every record in September," Helms said.
Statewide natural gas production averaged a record 2.53 Bcf/d in September, up from 2.44 Bcf/d in August, Helms said. In addition, producing wells reached 15,287 in September, up 163 from August and also a record, Helms said.
Helms said that September marked the first time in at least three years that oil increased more rapidly than gas as operators shifted out of core drilling areas in the state where the gas to oil ratios are relatively high, to new wells in Divide, Mountrail and Burke counties in northwest North Dakota.
"Those areas had gone for several years without any drilling activity and now with the advent of the three-mile-long laterals and new completion techniques they're much, much more economic," Helms said. "We're starting to see a little moderation in terms of gas-oil ratios. We're seeing oil and gas synchronize a bit more."
