石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯4月19日报道称，以阿巴拉契亚地区为中心的石油和天然气生产商预计，2019年第一季度的天然气产量仅会小幅增长，因为他们寻求控制资本支出。
在去年年底和2019年初发布的指导意见中，大多数较大的阿巴拉契亚盆地生产商都宣布了缩减钻井资本支出的计划，同时着眼于保持现金流，并增加投资者回报。
西南能源公司表示，与2019年的指导意见相比，该公司已将计划资本投资减少了2亿美元。该公司在去年9月宣布出售其在费耶特维尔页岩中的资产时已发布。该公司预计2019年的资本支出也比2018年的资本支出低1.2亿美元。
今年2月，Range 资源公司宣布2019年的资本支出预算约为7.56亿美元，约占其2018年资本支出预算估算值的83％。该公司表示，预计其2019年全年产量平均在23.2亿立方英尺/天至23.5亿立方英尺/天之间，仅略高于2018年报告的22亿立方英尺/天。
普氏油气评级主管Ben Tsocanos在接受采访时表示，“大多数公司表示，他们预计将在保持现金流的情况下，以适当的速度增产。”
这些减缓盆地资本支出决定的结果已经在今年第一季度开始显现出来，这反映在宾夕法尼亚州发放的钻探许可证数量上。
与2018年同期相比，宾夕法尼亚州2019年第一季度发放的钻井许可证减少了35％。国家环境保护部报告称，2019年第一季度发放了491份许可证，而2018年第一季度则为758份。
徐蕾 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
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Appalachian producers expected to report modest production gains in Q1
Appalachian-focused oil and gas producers are expected to report only modest gains in gas production in the first quarter of 2019 as they seek to hold the line on capital spending.
In guidance issued toward the end of last year and earlier in 2019, most of the larger Appalachian Basin producers announced plans to scale back on capex spending on drilling, with an eye toward living within cash flow and increasing investor returns.
Southwestern Energy said it had reduced planned capital investment by $200 million compared with 2019 guidance, which the company had released when it announced the sale of its assets in the Fayetteville shale last September. The company's projected 2019 capex is also $120 million lower than 2018 capex.
In February, Range Resources announced a 2019 capex budget of about $756 million -- about 83% of its 2018 estimated capex budget. The company said it expects its full-year 2019 production to average between 2.32 Bcfe/d and 2.35 Bcfe/d, up only slightly from the 2.2 Bcf/d reported in 2018.
"Most of the companies said they expect to grow production at a modest pace while living within cash flow," Ben Tsocanos, S&P Global Ratings director of oil and gas, said in an interview.
The results of these decisions to slow capital spending in the basin have already begun to be evident in the first quarter of the year, reflected in the number of drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania issued 35% fewer permits to drill wells in Q1 2019 compared with the same period of 2018. The state Department of Environmental Protection reports that 491 permits were issued in Q1 2019 versus 758 in Q1 2018.
