据油气新闻2月1日消息称，哥伦比亚私营生产商协会表示，去年哥伦比亚油气行业的投资下降49%，至20.5亿美元，为2016年以来的最低水平，由于冠状病毒大流行大幅削减了全球燃料需求，勘探投资下滑。
勘探项目支出从2019年的7.8亿美元降至2020年的3.5亿美元。哥伦比亚石油协会(ACP)在一份报告中称，这一数字比去年年初的估计低了62%。
同样，ACP表示，类似地，去年的生产投资降至17亿美元，比2019年下降48%，大大低于预期的40.5亿美元。
ACP总裁Francisco Lloreda在新闻发布会上表示:“由于全球对碳氢化合物的需求下降，2020年是一个非典型的年份。”
ACP称，今年的投资料将增加，但预计石油产量仍将低于大流行前的水平。
ACP表示，2020年哥伦比亚的石油产量从2019年的88.6万桶/天下降到78万桶/天。
ACP表示，尽管今年的生产投资预计将增至26亿至29亿美元，但产量预计将达到76.5万至78万桶/天。
该协会表示，投资增加与产量停滞之间的差异将出现，因为企业将重点放在维持当前的产量水平，并在2021年缓解油田产量的下降。
ACP表示，2021年的勘探投资将在5亿至5.5亿美元之间，高于去年的水平，但低于大流行前的总和。该公司补充说，大约45%的勘探投资将用于天然气勘探。
该协会表示，预计明年将钻探约40至45口陆上油井。
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
Investment in Colombia oil and gas industry fell 49% in 2020
Investment in Colombia’s oil and gas industry fell 49% to $2.05 billion last year, the lowest since 2016, with exploration investments sliding as the coronavirus pandemic slashed global fuel demand, the private producers association said.
Spending Similarly, production investment dropped to $1.7 billion last year, down 48% versus 2019 and significantly below the forecast $4.05 billion, the ACP said.
“2020 was…an atypical year due to the fall in demand for hydrocarbons worldwide,” ACP President Francisco Lloreda said in a press conference.
Investment is expected to rise this year, the ACP said, although forecasts call for oil output to remain below pre-pandemic levels.
Oil production in Colombia during 2020 fell to 780,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 886,000 bpd in 2019, the ACP said.
While investment in production is expected to rise to between $2.6 billion and $2.9 billon this year, output is expected to reach between 765,000 and 780,000 bpd, the ACP said.
The discrepancy between rising investment but staid output will come as companies focus Exploration investment in 2021 will range between $500 million and $550 million, the ACP said, above levels seen last year but below pre-pandemic sums. Around 45% of exploration investment will go towards exploring for gas, it added.
Some 40 to 45 onshore wells are expected to be drilled in the coming year, the association said.