加拿大石油和天然气支出预期下调

据6月9日Global News报道，新的预测显示，对2020年加拿大全国和艾伯塔省油气行业资本支出的预期大幅下降。艾伯塔省的天然气产量占加拿大的65%，石油产量占加拿大的82%。

加拿大石油生产商协会(Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers)目前估计，今年加拿大将有233亿美元的资本投资，低于1月份时的约370亿美元。

CAPP负责油砂和财政政策的副总裁Ben Brunnen表示，由于全球能源需求减少，为了应对油价下跌，自今年初以来，生产商已经宣布削减了约86亿美元的资本预算。

尽管油价近期出现部分反弹，且欧佩克和其他国家达成协议，将每日970万桶的减产规模限制延长至7月，但石油行业的情绪依然糟糕。

Brunnen周一表示："一些全球能源需求数据显示最糟糕时期已经过去，这对我们有所助力。”

未来疫情的不确定性以及随后的第二波感染是否会打击经济复苏，抑制了投资者的信心。从石油和天然气的角度来看，这仍然是一场艰难的斗争。

邹勤 摘译自 Global News

原文如下：

Oil and gas spending estimates adjusted lower amid align="justify">New forecasts show dramatically lower expectations for 2020 capital spending in the oil and gas sector both nationally and in Alberta, the province that produces 65 per cent of Canada’s natural gas and 82 per cent of its oil.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers now estimates that $23.3 billion in capital will be invested in Canada this year, down from about $37 billion in its January forecast.

Producers have announced about $8.6 billion in capital budget cuts since the start of the year to cope with lower oil prices as global energy demand shrinks due to measures taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ben Brunnen, CAPP’s vice-president of oilsands and fiscal policy.

The mood in the industry remains ugly despite a recent partial rebound in oil prices and the agreement align="justify">“It’s helpful that we are starting to see some global energy demand numbers indicating that the worst is behind us,” Brunnen said align="justify">“The uncertainty about the future of COVID and whether subsequent waves will hit the economic recovery is what’s holding back investor confidence. From an oil and gas perspective, it continues to be a struggle.”