据今日油价2月27日报道，美国能源信息署（EIA）最新的月度报告显示，美国2020年12月原油产量降至平均每天1106.3万桶，平均下降了5.8万桶/天。
美国最多产的PADDⅢ区的产量同比持平，为761.1万桶/天。这包括德克萨斯州和联邦近海PADDⅢ区的产量，以及新墨西哥州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、阿肯色州和阿拉巴马州的产量。
第二多产的PADD II区，从2020年11月的182.8万桶/天下降到12月的178.2万桶/天，其中包括北达科他州和俄克拉荷马州。
值得一提的是，产量损失可能仍不会停止。虽然2020年12月是最后一个完整的有实际数据的月份，但EIA预估的每周原油产量显示，2021年的日产量低于12月。至于下降幅度有多大，根据EIA的数据，2019年12月的平均产量超过1280万桶/天。
EIA估计，1月份有几周的数据最低时为为1090万桶/天。该机构最新公布的截至2月19日一周的产量预估显示，美国原油总产量平均仅为970万桶/天。
上周原油产量的大幅下降可能是由于德州的严寒天气，该州数百万居民断电，炼油厂和原油产量被迫减少。
EIA估计,在2022年之前，美国的原油产量不会超过2020年的水平。
王佳晶 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
U.S. Oil Production Fell To 11 Million Bpd In December
U.S. crude oil production fell in December to an average 11.063 million barrels per day, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest monthly report.
U.S. crude oil production fell an average of 58,000 barrels per day, the EIA said on Friday.
U.S. production from the most prolific PADD, PADD 3, stayed the same for the month of December at 7.611 million barrels per day. This includes production from Texas and federal offshore PADD 3 production, as well as New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama.
The second most prolific crude oil PADD, PADD 2, fell from 1.828 million bpd in November to 1.782 million bpd in December. This includes producers such as North Dakota and Oklahoma
But the production losses likely did not stop in December.
While December is the last full month for which there is actual data, the EIA estimates weekly crude oil production as well, and those estimates are below the 11.063 million bpd the United States saw in December.
For perspective on how sharp of a drop that is, average production in December 2019 was over 12.8 million barrels per day, according to EIA data.
For January, the EIA estimated that some weeks dipped as low as 10.9 million bpd. And the EIA’s most recent production estimates for week ending February 19 pegs total U.S. crude production at an average of just 9.7 million bpd.
This dramatic drop in crude oil production in the previous week is likely courtesy of the Texas Freeze, when refinery and crude oil production had to be curtailed due to freezing temperatures that cut power to millions of residents in the state.
The EIA estimates that U.S. crude production will not exceed the levels seen in 2020 until 2022.
