新墨西哥州成为美国第二大石油生产州

中国石化新闻网讯 据全球能源新闻网9月24日报道，美国第二大石油生产州北达科他州正式让位给新墨西哥州。

　　根据北达科他州油气部门提供的最近一个月的数据显示，该州7月份石油日产量略高于100万桶。据《俾斯麦论坛报》报道，7月份的日产量较6月下降5.6万桶，降幅5%。

　　德克萨斯州继续在石油生产方面领先全国。二叠纪盆地横跨新墨西哥州和德克萨斯州的部分地区，可以说是北达科他州巴肯油田最大的竞争对手。南部产油区距离主要炼油厂和出口终端较近，吸引了大量油气行业的钻探和投资。

　　北达科他州的石油产量连续九年位居第二，仅次于德克萨斯州。今年7月，它输给了新墨西哥州。这两个州几个月来一直不分上下。

　　周五新墨西哥州有82台在用钻机，远远超过北达科他州的27台。

　　在巴肯石油繁荣的早期，随着水平钻探和水力压裂技术推动该州的石油产量飙升，北达科他州成为了美国第二大石油生产州。2012年，其超过阿拉斯加成为第二名。

　　继2020年原油和天然气产量创纪录之后，新墨西哥州2021年这两种燃料的产量都有所增加。2020年，新墨西哥州的原油日产量较2019年增加13.3万桶，增幅为15%，达到创纪录的104万桶。2020年，天然气日产量也增至创纪录的56亿立方英尺。横跨德克萨斯州西部和新墨西哥州东部的二叠纪盆地的天然气产量占增长的大部分。

　　自20世纪20年代初在新墨西哥州首次发现碳氢化合物以来，新墨西哥州一直是石油和天然气的主要生产州。

　　郝芬 译自 全球能源新闻网

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　　USA – NEW MEXICO SURPASSES NORTH DAKOTA AS SECOND BIGGEST OIL PRODUCER

　　North Dakota has officially lost its status as the nation’s second-biggest oil producer to New Mexico.

　　North Dakota produced just over 1 million barrels of oil per day in July, the most recent month for which data is available from the state Oil and Gas Division. The July production marks a 56,000-barrel-per-day or 5% drop from June, the Bismarck Tribune reported.

　　Texas continues to lead the nation in oil production. The Permian Basin spans parts of New Mexico and Texas, and it’s arguably the biggest competition for North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch. The southern oil-producing region is closer to major refineries and export terminals, and it attracts significant drilling and investment within the oil and gas industry.

　　North Dakota ranked second, behind Texas, in oil production for nine years. It lost that status to New Mexico in July. The two states had been neck and neck for several months.

　　New Mexico had 82 rigs drilling Friday, far more than the 27 operating in North Dakota.

　　North Dakota became the nation’s second-biggest oil producer early in the Bakken oil boom as horizontal drilling and fracking technology sent the state’s oil production skyrocketing. It surpassed Alaska to take second place in 2012.

　　New Mexico’s rise in crude oil and natural gas production in 2021 follows record production for both fuels in 2020. In 2020, New Mexico crude oil production increased by 133,000 b/d, or 15%, from 2019 to a record annual production of 1.04 million b/d. Natural gas production also increased to a new record of 5.60 Bcf/d in 2020. Natural gas production from the Permian Basin, which spans parts of western Texas and eastern New Mexico, accounted for most of the growth.

　　New Mexico has been a major producer of oil and natural gas since hydrocarbons were first discovered in the state during the early 1920’s.