经济时报8月16日消息：美国政府最新数据显示，在疫情期间，美国墨西哥湾的石油和天然气生产商以更快的速度进行整合，因为油价暴跌挤压了被视为该行业未来的小型钻井公司。
周一，在休斯顿举行的“海上技术会议”正式拉开帷幕，彰显了海湾地区顶级生产商的主导地位。往年吸引了超过6万人和1000家参展商的活动，由于公司裁员和冠状病毒引发的旅行限制，今年的规模将会缩小。
大流行以及反复出现的飓风关闭加速了墨西哥湾一些生产商的消亡。过去十年，私募股权支持的规模较小的公司在进军海外油田方面处境艰难，导致一些公司退出，另一些则陷入破产。
冯娟 摘译自 经济时报
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U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producers consolidation accelerates
Oil and gas producers in U.S. Gulf of Mexico have consolidated at a faster rate during the pandemic, new government data shows, as crashing prices squeezed out smaller drillers who had been seen as the industry's future.
The dominance of the top producers in the Gulf looms large as the industry's technology showcase, the Offshore Technology Conference, officially gets underway in Houston align="justify"> The pandemic, along with recurring hurricane shut-ins, hastened the demise of some Gulf of Mexico producers. Smaller, private-equity backed firms that pushed into offshore fields last decade have struggled, leading several to exit while others slipped into bankruptcy.
