石油设备网讯 据世界能源网2019年3月25日休斯顿报道，美国最大的两家石油公司埃克森美孚公司和雪佛龙公司计划大幅提高美国页岩中心地带的页岩产量。目前，这两个美国石油巨头正在寻求在二叠纪盆地扩大页岩生产规模。
挪威著名能源研究和商业智能公司雷斯塔能源公司（Rystad Energy）的页岩团队分析了在横跨德克萨斯州和新墨西哥州部分地区的多产二叠纪盆地中哪家运营商拥有最大的潜力，并宣布雪佛龙公司在2030年后有更好的继续增长的机会。
雷斯塔能源公司说，埃克森美孚公司将不得不钻取比雪佛龙公司多大约两倍的新井，才能达到其既定的生产目标。这一解释在一定程度上与基础生产的差异有关。
截至2018年，雪佛龙公司在二叠纪盆地的非常规油气产量比埃克森美孚公司高出75%，因此埃克森美孚公司将不得不加快钻探活动，以便在2025年之前缩小这一差距，甚至超过雪佛龙公司的产量。此外，雪佛龙公司还表现出优越的平均土地质量和井产能。
雪佛龙公司目前的目标并不是在二叠纪盆地加大钻探力度。雪佛龙公司认为，目前的项目已经在井的基础设施和中游基础设施方面实现了优化。
另一方面，埃克森美孚公司确信，要在2023年前实现资本效率并从这个地区产生数十亿美元的现金流，大规模增加二叠纪盆地钻井活动正是该公司所需要的。
李峻 编译自 世界能源
原文如下：
Exxon, Chevron Accelerate Shale Production
The two biggest U.S. oil companies Chevron and ExxonMobil plan to significantly ramp up production in the US shale heartland as the oil behemoths are seeking to go from shale to scale in the Permian.
Rystad Energy’s shale team analysed as to which operator holds the best potential in the prolific basin spanning parts of Texas and New Mexico and announced that Chevron has the better opportunity to continue to grow post 2030.
ExxonMobil will have to drill about twice as many new wells as Chevron to reach the communicated production goal. The explanation relates in part to the difference in base production, it said.
As of 2018, Chevron’s unconventional output in the Permian was 75% higher than ExxonMobil’s, and the latter company will therefore have to accelerate drilling activity in order to close the gap and even exceed Chevron’s supply by 2025. Chevron also exhibits superior average land quality and well productivity.
Chevron does not currently aim to ramp-up drilling in the Permian. The operator believes the current program is already optimized with respect to well fundamentals and midstream infrastructure.
ExxonMobil, on the other hand, is convinced that a large scale ramp-up of its Permian drilling campaign is exactly what it needs in order to achieve capital efficiency and generate billions of dollars in cash flow from the region by 2023.
