中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社3月2日休斯敦报道，由于国内和海外对原油和以石油为基础燃料的需求不断增加，美国的石油勘探公司近3年来首次把在用石油钻机数提高到了800部。

自去年11月份以来，美国的钻井公司一直以几乎没有间断的速度加速勘探，终于使得美国的原油日产量达到了创历史新高的1000多万桶。

尽管近来对供应过剩的担忧打压了油价，但扩张的步伐表明更大的产量跳跃还没有到来。

根据贝克休斯公司周五（2日）公布的统计数据，美国勘探公司本周把在美国国内钻探原油的钻机数增加了一部，使得在用石油钻机总数自2015年以来首次达到800部。

李峻 编译自 美国彭博新闻社

原文如下：

Oil Explorers Lift Rig Count to 800 First Time Since 2015

U.S. oil explorers raised the rig count to 800 for the first time in almost three years amid booming domestic and overseas demand for crude and petroleum-based fuels.

Drillers have been accelerating exploration in an almost-unbroken streak since the beginning of November, vaulting American crude output to a record of more than 10 million barrels a day. The unrelenting pace of expansion signals even bigger production jumps yet to come, even as concerns about excess supplies recently weighed on oil prices.

Explorers boosted the number of rigs drilling for crude in U.S. fields by 1 this week, bringing the total to 800, according to Baker Hughes data released on Friday.