据离岸工程网站1月25日消息 石油和天然气生产商赫斯公司周一预测产量将小幅下降，并为2021年制定了19亿美元的预算，其中大部分将流向圭亚那，圭亚那被誉为过去10年最重要的新油气发现之一。
该公司一直依赖其在圭亚那近海的投资，圭亚那是过去十年来世界上最重要的油气区块之一，由石油巨头埃克森美孚公司领导的财团开发。
赫斯已拨款7.8亿美元，占其预算的41%，用于圭亚那近海的开发活动。
首席运营官格雷格·希尔说：“我们还将继续投资于一项积极的勘探和评估计划，在Stabroek区块（圭亚那近海）计划勘探12-15口井。”
赫斯预测，2021年净产量平均约为31万桶油当量/天，2020年预计为32.5万桶油当量/天。
这家总部位于纽约的能源公司曾估计，2020年将花费18亿美元。
该公司还将在第一季度在北达科他州巴肯页岩区块增加一个钻井平台。去年年初，巴肯油田共有6个钻井平台，当时该公司为了应对油价暴跌而大幅减产。
据估计，2021年巴肯天然气净产量平均约为17万桶油当量/天，尽管增加了钻井平台，但仍低于2020年预计的19万桶油当量/天，部分原因是Tioga天然气厂计划在第三季度进行45天的周转活动，2021年产量将减少约7500桶油当量/天。
吴恒磊 编译自 离岸工程
原文如下：
Hess Allocates 41% of Budget for Offshore Guyana Developments
Oil and gas producer Hess Corp The company has been relying Hess has allotted $780 million, or 41% of its budget, to development activities in offshore Guyana.
"We also will continue to invest in an active exploration and appraisal program, with 12-15 wells planned Hess forecast net production to average about 310,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2021,compared with 2020 estimate of 325,000 boepd.
For 2020, the New York-based energy company had estimated to spend $1.8 billion.
The company will also add a rig in the first quarter in North Dakota's Bakken shale play, adding to a single rig there since May. There were six rigs in the Bakken at the start of last year before the company slashed production to cope with an oil price crash.
Bakken net production is estimated to average about 170,000 boepd in 2021, which despite the addition of a rig, would be below 2020's estimated 190,000 boepd, partly hit by a planned 45-day turnaround activity at the Tioga Gas Plant in the third quarter cutting output by about 7,500 boepd in 2021.
