据1月7日Hart Energy报道，根据最新的监管数据显示，加拿大的油砂产量在2020年11月创下历史新高，并且可能继续上升，因为生产商在阿尔伯塔省政府结束减产后增加了产量。
加拿大是世界第四大产油国，其中北阿尔伯塔省的油砂约占加拿大原油产量的三分之二。加拿大生产商和全球同行一样，经历了艰难的2020年，因为新冠肺炎疫情打击了燃料需求，但对疫苗将在今年击败病毒的谨慎乐观情绪，正帮助推高油价。
数据显示，加拿大油砂产量增加的同时，受全球最大石油出口国沙特阿拉伯意外减产的推动，全球油价本周飙升至11个月高点。
2020年10月，艾伯塔省政府取消了2019年为缓解出口管道拥堵而实施的减产措施。阿尔伯塔省能源监管机构本周公布的数据显示，一个月后（11月份），油砂产量达到创纪录的316万桶/天。
能源研究公司Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.分析师马特·墨菲(Matt Murphy)表示，生产商能够通过削减常规原油产量来提高油砂产量，同时保持在采油限制范围内。现在减产已经结束，Suncor Energy Inc.、Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.和Imperial Oil Ltd.等公司的产量可能会进一步攀升，因为它们希望从油价走强中获利。
Murphy在1月6日对路透社表示:“将会有一些超越纪录的增量增长。模型显示，到2021年年中，油砂产量将达到330万桶/天。”
加拿大能源监管机构预测，到2039年，油砂产量将达到430万桶/天的峰值，其中大部分增长将来自现有设施的扩建。
王佳晶 摘译自 Hart Energy
原文如下：
Canada’s Oil Sands Hit Record High Production
Canada's oil sands production hit a record high in November, according to the latest regulatory data, and will likely continue to rise as producers ramp up output following the end of provincial government production curtailments in Alberta.
Northern Alberta's oil sands account for roughly two thirds of crude output from Canada, which is the world's fourth-largest oil producer. Canadian producers, like their counterparts globally, endured a torrid 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered fuel demand but cautious optimism that vaccinations will defeat the virus this year is helping boost oil prices.
Data showing an uptick in Canadian oil sands production coincides with a jump in global oil prices this week to an 11-month high, spurred Data from the Alberta Energy Regulator released this week shows in November oil sands production hit a record 3.16 million bbl/d. That was a month before Alberta government production curtailments, introduced in 2019 to ease congestion Matt Murphy, an analyst with energy research firm Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., said producers were able to bump up oil sands output while staying within curtailment limits by cutting back Now that curtailments are over, volumes from companies like Suncor Energy Inc., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Imperial Oil Ltd. are likely to climb even further as they look to cash in "There will be a bit of incremental growth in excess of this record," Murphy told Reuters The Canadian Energy Regulator forecasts oil sands production to peak at around 4.3 million bbl/d in 2039, and expects most of that growth to come from expansions to existing facilities.