据世界石油7月21日消息称，贝克休斯公司表示，由于勘探企业坚守紧缩的承诺，北美页岩钻探速度将在今年下半年放缓。
虽然油价高到足以让钻井商增加钻井平台并增加产量，但投资者呼吁上市公司将利润分配给股东。这意味着贝克休斯和哈里伯顿公司等石油承包公司在该地区的增长放缓。该行业目前正在从去年历史上最严重的原油崩盘中恢复过来。
公司首席执行官Lorenzo Simonelli周三在电话会议上对分析师和投资者表示，到今年年底，北美地区还将有50台钻机投入使用。这意味着今年下半年贝克休斯每周钻机数量将增长15%，远低于今年上半年39%的增幅。
Simonelli 表示：“当你展望2022年，我们再次预计价格将保持在目前的区间内，出现稳健增长。”但一些公共石油和天然气勘探公司将“适度增加支出，因为他们继续将部分经营现金流调整到其他一些资本支出领域”。
此前其规模较小的竞争对手哈里伯顿周二表示，美国和加拿大的环比增长将低于前几个季度。全球第三大服务提供商哈里伯顿在亚洲地区录得自去年疫情爆发以来最大季度销售额。
相反，由于原油价格上涨，中东地区加大钻探力度，两家油田承包商预计今年下半年国际活动将加速。
曹海斌 摘译自 世界石油
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U.S. shale drilling will lose pace this year, says Baker Hughes
Shale drilling in North America is going to slow down in the second half of the year from its breakneck pace as explorers cling to promises of austerity, according to Baker Hughes Inc.
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The moderating view from the No. 2 oil-services provider follows comments from its smaller rival Halliburton, which said Tuesday that sequential growth in the U.S. and Canada will be slower than in prior quarters. Halliburton, the world’s third-biggest services provider, recorded its biggest quarter for sales in the region since the align="justify"> Conversely, both oilfield contractors expect international activity to gain more speed in the second half of this year as the Middle East ramps up drilling, thanks to higher crude prices.
