雷普索爾計(jì)劃在瓦卡穆爾塔重新部署46臺鉆機(jī)

據(jù)石油世界期刊9月8日報(bào)道，阿根廷政府支持的能源公司雷普索爾（YPF）計(jì)劃在未來6個(gè)月內(nèi)在該國瓦卡穆爾塔地區(qū)（Vaca Muerta）地區(qū)重新部署46臺鉆機(jī)，以幫助該國最大的頁巖區(qū)塊恢復(fù)油氣產(chǎn)量。在疫情期間，該區(qū)塊的油氣產(chǎn)量大幅下降。

9月2日，內(nèi)烏肯(Neuquen)州長奧馬爾·古鐵雷斯(Omar Gutierrez)在黑河（Rio Negro）報(bào)紙上刊登的一個(gè)能源研討會中表示，有一個(gè)連續(xù)的計(jì)劃，以便公司所有在疫情之前運(yùn)行的鉆機(jī)重新合并?！薄拔覀兊南敕ㄊ?，這46臺鉆機(jī)將在明年2月之前投入運(yùn)營?！?/span>

古鐵雷斯表示，YPF首席執(zhí)行官塞爾吉奧·阿夫弗蒂尼在會議上向他介紹了這些計(jì)劃。 當(dāng)被問及鉆機(jī)時(shí)，YPF的新聞媒體拒絕置評。

如果執(zhí)行該計(jì)劃，該國最大的油氣生產(chǎn)商YPF將隨著瓦卡·穆爾塔的發(fā)展而向前邁進(jìn)，與此同時(shí)，雪佛龍和殼牌等其他公司在4月和5月經(jīng)濟(jì)封鎖期間的活動(dòng)急劇下降， 被迫停產(chǎn)后，也重新啟動(dòng)計(jì)劃。

從今年3月20日開始的封鎖使當(dāng)?shù)厥托枨鬁p少了一半以上，降至每日20萬桶，并阻止了一些出于健康考慮的油田工作。但逐步放松的封鎖(已延長至9月20日)重新點(diǎn)燃了需求，鼓勵(lì)生產(chǎn)商重新開始鉆井和完井。根據(jù)國家統(tǒng)計(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)Indec的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，煉油廠的利用率從4月份46.2%的低點(diǎn)回升至6月份的67.3%，但仍低于疫情前80%的水平。

郝芬 譯自 石油世界期刊

原文如下：

YPF to redeploy rigs in Vaca Muerta on export potential

Argentina's state-backed energy company YPF plans to redeploy 46 rigs in the Vaca Muerta region over the next six months, helping to revive oil and natural gas output from the country's biggest shale play after a plunge in activity during the coronavirus pandemic.

"There is a sequential plan so that all of the company's drilling rigs in operation before the pandemic are reincorporated," Neuquen Governor Omar Gutierrez said Sept. 2 in an energy seminar put on by Rio Negro newspaper. "The idea is that the 46 rigs will be operating by next February."

Gutierrez said YPF CEO Sergio Affronti told him about the plans in a meeting. A press source at YPF declined to comment when asked about the rigs.

If the plan is carried out, YPF, the country's biggest oil and gas producer, would be moving forward with the development of Vaca Muerta as other companies in the play, like Chevron and Shell, also dust off plans after a plunge in activity during a lockdown of the economy forced most to shut-in production in April and May.

The lockdown, which started March 20, cut local oil demand by more than half to as low as 200,000 b/d and prevented some field work on health concerns. But a gradual easing of the lockdown — it has been extended to September 20 — has rekindled demand, encouraging producers to start drilling and completing wells again. The refinery utilization rate recovered to 67.3% in June from a low of 46.2% in April, but is still shy of the pre-pandemic levels of 80%, according to the state statistics agency Indec.