加拿大石油巨头计划明年生产创纪录数量原油

据美国彭博新闻社2022年12月1日报道，加拿大最大的石油和天然气生产商加拿大自然资源有限公司(Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.)计划在2023年将原油日产量首次提高到100万桶。在油价处于历史高位之际，自然资源公司加大了油气钻探力度。

自然资源公司在周三的投资者简报中说，加上天然气，预计明年油气日产量将比今年增加5.6万桶油当量，达到140万桶油当量。

由于自然资源公司钻探新井并减少一些设施的维护作业，占石油产量近75%的油砂产量将增加约5%。由于来自艾伯塔省Clearwater地层、Bonnyville和Lloydminster地区重油产量的增加，自然资源公司的常规产量预计将增长4%左右。

这家加拿大石油巨头的计划与石油行业形成了鲜明对比。尽管今年的油价期货交易处于较高水平，但石油行业在将资金投入新钻井方面更为保守。全球最大的油砂生产商森科尔能源公司在周二的电话会议上表示，该公司预计今年的日产量增加将不会超过1万桶，达到77万桶油当量。规模较小的油砂生产商MEG能源公司将把日产量提高至10.5万桶。  

由于自然资源公司宣布了其明年的产量指导，其股价周三在多伦多下跌40美分，至80.31加元。 

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Canadian Oil Giant Plans to Pump Record Crude Next Year

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Canada’s largest oil and gas producer, is aiming to raise production as high as 1 million barrels a day in 2023 for the first time as the company ramps up drilling amid historically high prices. 

Combined with natural gas, production is forecast to increase by 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from this year to as much as 1.4 million barrels, the company said in an investor presentation Wednesday.

Oil sands production, accounting for almost 75% of oil output, will increase about 5% as the company drills new well and reduces maintenance work at some facilities. Conventional production is expected to grow about 4% as heavy output rises from the Clearwater formation in Alberta and in the Bonnyville and Lloydminster areas. 

The oil giant’s plans buck the industry, which is being more conservative in deploying cash to new drilling even as oil price futures this year trade at higher levels. Suncor Energy Inc., the largest oil sands producer, expects output to increase from this year by no more than 10,000 barrels a day to as high as 770,000 barrels of oil equivalent, the company said in a conference call on Tuesday. MEG Energy Corp., a smaller oil sands producer, will increase output to as high as 105,000 barrels a day.

The company’s shares fell 40 cents to C$80.31 in Toronto on Wednesday as the company announced its guidance for next year.