石油设备网讯 据路透社纽约报道，美国能源信息管理局（EIA）在上周五的月度报告中表示，美国原油产量在1月份略有下降，从去年12月创纪录的每天1196万桶降至每天1187万桶。
根据报告，本月，德克萨斯州的产量下降了6.4万桶/日，北达科他州的产量增加了9000桶/日。与此同时，墨西哥湾联邦水域的产量基本没有变化。
数据显示，在美国最大的油块——二叠纪盆地所在地德克萨斯州，石油产量的下降大约为一年来的首次。
去年页岩产量的激增使美国一跃成为全球最大的产油国，但第四季度出人意料的油价暴跌迫使一些产油商削减了2019年的开支和钻探计划。
在投资者控制支出和提高回报的压力下，独立生产商正在放缓勘探步伐，削减员工和预算。
例如，在投资者要求提高回报率的压力下，先锋自然资源公司最近放弃了到2026年达到每天100万桶的承诺。在公布去年第四季度利润低于华尔街每股36美分的目标后，该公司将重点转移到了创造现金流上，并更换了首席执行官。
根据EIA上周五发布的补充月度数据显示，由于消费者对汽车燃料的需求与去年持平，1月份美国石油需求总量增长与去年同期基本持平。
EIA数据显示，1月份，美国石油需求总量仅下降9000桶/日，降幅还不到0.1%，达到2045万桶/日；美国汽油需求上升1000桶/日，涨幅不到0.1%，至874万桶/日；馏分油需求下降39000桶/日，跌幅为0.09%，至336万桶/日。
与此同时，EIA数据显示，美国48个州的天然气总产量一年来首次下降，从去年12月创纪录的982.9亿立方英尺/日降至1月份的981.2亿立方英尺/日。天然气产量上一次下降是在2018年1月，当时产量下降了15.6亿立方英尺/日。
德克萨斯州作为美国最大的天然气生产区域，1月份天然气产量下降0.1%，从去年12月份创纪录的258.9亿立方英尺/日降至258.6亿立方英尺/日，而2018年1月的天然气产量为220.3亿立方英尺/日。
宾夕法尼亚州作为美国第二大天然气生产区域，1月份的天然气产量达到创纪录的185.6亿立方英尺/日，较去年12月份的181.8亿立方英尺/日增长了2.1%，而2018年1月的天然气产量为161.4亿立方英尺/日。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
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U.S. crude output eases from record to 11.9 million bpd in January: EIA
U.S. crude oil production edged lower in January to 11.87 million barrels per day, from a revised record 11.96 million bpd in December, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a monthly report on Friday.
Production in Texas fell by 64,000 bpd in the month and in North Dakota output rose by 9,000 bpd. Meanwhile, production in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico was largely unchanged, according to the report.
The decline in Texas, home to the Permian basin, the biggest oil patch in the United States, was the first in about a year, the data showed.
A surge in shale production vaulted the United States to the position of world’s biggest producer last year, but an unexpected crash in oil prices in the fourth quarter forced some producers to pull back on spending and drilling plans for 2019.
Independent producers are slowing exploration and cutting staff and budgets amid investor pressure to control spending and boost returns.
For example, Pioneer Natural Resources recently dropped a pledge to hit 1 million bpd by 2026 amid pressure from investors to boost returns. It shifted its emphasis to generating cash flow and replaced its chief executive after posting fourth quarter profit that missed Wall Street earnings targets by 36 cents a share.
Total U.S. oil demand growth was largely flat in January compared with last year as consumer demand for motor fuels was in line with last year, according to additional monthly EIA data released on Friday.
U.S. total oil demand was down just 9,000 bpd, less than 0.1 percent in January, hitting 20.45 million bpd, EIA data shows.
U.S. gasoline demand ticked up 1,000 bpd, or less than 0.1 percent, to 8.74 million bpd and distillate demand fell 39,000 bpd, or 0.09 percent, to 3.36 million bpd, the data shows.
Meanwhile, gross natural gas production in the Lower 48 U.S. states fell for the first time in a year, sliding to 98.12 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in January from a record high 98.29 bcfd in December, according to the EIA’s 914 production report.
The last time gas output in the Lower 48 declined was in January 2018 when production fell by 1.56 bcfd.
In Texas, the nation’s largest gas producer, output eased by 0.1 percent to 25.86 bcfd in January from a record high 25.89 bcfd in December. That compares with 22.03 bcfd in January 2018.
In Pennsylvania, the second-biggest gas-producing state, production rose to a record high 18.56 bcfd in January, up 2.1 percent from 18.18 bcfd in December. That compares with output of 16.14 bcfd in January 2018.
