中国石化新闻网讯 据管道&天然气杂志网2月22日报道，美国天然气生产商切萨皮克能源(Chesapeake Energy)周三表示，由于天然气价格跌至去年夏天的四分之一，该公司今年将减少钻井和完井工作。
亨利枢纽天然气期货NGc1周三上午交易价约为2.087美元/百万英热单位，今年迄今已下跌约50%。切萨皮克表示，今年将在海恩斯维尔地区拆除两座钻机，在马塞勒斯页岩地区拆除一座钻机。
该公司首席执行官Nick Dell'Osso在谈到能源公司在路易斯安那州和得克萨斯州东部的页岩气开采时表示：“我们当然认为，撤出资本是谨慎的，并看到其他公司也在做同样的事情。我们投资的资本正在赚钱，但利润率远不及历史上的整个周期水平。”
他称，其他运营商，主要是私营公司也在减少该地区的活动。本月早些时候，Comstock Resources表示，将把今年的钻机数量从9台减少到7台。
切萨皮克股价早盘上涨1.62%，至79.31美元。
此前宣布计划出售石油头寸，专注于天然气生产的切萨皮克周二表示，将以14亿美元的价格将得克萨斯州南部的石油资产出售给化工制造商英力士能源公司（INEOS）。
一个月前，该公司同意以14.3亿美元的价格将其在那里的一部分资产出售给Wildfire Energy。
切萨皮克预计将从这些销售中获得17亿美元的税后收益。
竞争对手页岩油生产商Diamondback Energy周三表示，将在今年年底前将非核心资产出售目标从此前的5亿美元提高至至少10亿美元。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
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Chesapeake Energy to Reduce Drilling>U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy>Henry Hub natural gas futures NGc1 were trading around $2.087 per MMBtu>"We certainly see that it's prudent to pull back capital, and we think we're seeing others do the same," CEO Nick Dell'Osso said of energy firms pulling back in a shale gas play in Louisiana and east Texas.
"We're making money>Other operators, primarily private firms, were also pulling back activity in that region, he said. Earlier this month, Comstock Resources said it would cut drilling rigs to seven from nine this year.
Shares of Chesapeake were up 1.62% to $79.31 in early trading.
Chesapeake, which previously announced plans to sell its oil position to focus>That deal comes a month after it agreed to sell a separate part of its assets there to Wildfire Energy for $1.43 billion.
Chesapeake expects to receive $1.7billion in after-tax proceeds from those sales.
Rival shale oil producer Diamondback Energy on Wednesday said it was increasing its non-core asset sale target to at least $1 billion by the end of this year, up from $500 million previously.