据OE网12月9日报道，美国墨西哥湾创纪录的飓风季节，该地区几次停产后，油气勘探和生产公司W＆T Offshore周二上调了对2020年第四季度的石油产量预测。
该公司表示，其最近恢复了因墨西哥湾一系列风暴而关闭的绝大多数生产，并恢复了因该领域下游第三方操作平台的长时间停机而关闭的Magnolia油田的生产。
W&T Offshore表示，W&T目前预计第四季度的日均产量在3.47万-3.69万桶油当量，其中34%为石油，11%为液态天然气，其余为天然气。
此前，该公司曾预计第四季度的日均产量为3.15万-3.5万桶油当量。
W&T的董事长兼首席执行官特蕾西·w·克罗恩评论道，今年是非同寻常的一年，从全球疫情到创纪录的飓风，但在这期间，我们的团队一直专注于卓越的运营和自由现金流的最大化。运营团队出色地恢复了第四季度的生产，速度快于预期，因此，我们将第四季度的产量中点从33250桶/天提高到了35800桶/天。在最近油价上涨的情况下，这个时机再好不过了，我们很有可能以积极的姿态结束今年。我们期待着这股势头延续到2021年，我们坚信我们有能力为股东创造巨大的价值。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
U.S. Gulf of Mexico Operator Lifts Output Guidance
Following a record-breaking hurricane season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, with several production shut-downs across the region, oil and gas firm W&T Offshore The company said that it has recently restored the vast majority of production that was shut-in due to the series of storms in the Gulf of Mexico and has also restored production at the Magnolia field that was offline due to extended downtime at a third-party operated platform downstream from that field.
"W&T now expects its fourth-quarter production to average between 34,700 and 36,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“Boe/d”) of which 34% is estimated to be oil, 11% natural gas liquids, and the balance natural gas," W&T Offshore said.
Previously the company had estimated its fourth-quarter production would average 31,500 to 35,000 Boe/d.
Tracy W. Krohn, W&T’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, “This year has been an extraordinary "The operations team has done an outstanding job restoring production in the fourth quarter faster than anticipated and, as a result, we are increasing our fourth quarter production midpoint from 33,250 Boe/d to 35,800 Boe/d.
"The timing couldn’t have been better with the recent uptick in oil pricing and we are well positioned to end the year on a positive note. We look to carry this momentum into 2021 and we firmly believe that we are well-positioned to deliver strong value creation for our shareholders.”