中国石化新闻网讯 据WENews.com网站8月4日休斯顿报道，由于在过去几个月原油价格下跌导致美国经济增长速度有所放缓，美国能源公司在8月3日结束的那周里在过去三周内连续第二周削减在用石油钻机数。

美国通用电气公司麾下的贝克休斯能源服务公司（BHI）在周五的报告中称，上周美国钻井公司减少2部石油钻机，在用石油钻机总数减少到了859部。

超过一半的在用石油钻机总数位于德克萨斯州西部和新墨西哥州东部的二叠纪盆地，这是美国最大的页岩油田。那里的在用石油钻机数连续第二周保持在479部，与6月初持平，为2015年1月以来的最高水平。

作为未来产量早期指标的美国在用石油钻机数高于一年前的765部，这是因为能源公司预计2018年的原油价格将高于往年而一直在增加产量。

李峻 编译自 WENews.com

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US Oil Rig Count Dips for Second Week in Three

U.S. energy companies this week cut oil rigs for a second time in the past three weeks as the rate of growth has slowed over the past couple of months with recent declines in crude prices.

Drillers cut two oil rigs in the week to Aug. 3, bringing the total count down to 859, General Electric Co's Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday.

More than half the total oil rigs are in the Permian basin in west Texas and eastern New Mexico, the nation's biggest shale oil field. Active units there held steady at 479 for a second week in a row, the same as in early June and the highest since January 2015.

The U.S. rig count, an early indicator of future output, is higher than a year ago when 765 rigs were active as energy companies have been ramping up production in anticipation of higher prices in 2018 than previous years.