德文能源预计下半年石油产量将加速增长

据普氏能源资讯2019年5月1日休斯敦报道，美国页岩油气开发公司之一的德文能源公司（德文能源/Devon Energy）周三表示，由于该公司更多关注原油生产而较少关注天然气生产，受德州二叠纪盆地和怀俄明州粉河盆地钻井活动推动的石油产量增长预计将在今年下半年加速。

总部位于俄克拉荷马城的德文能源目前正在出售两项旧有资产——其加拿大油砂和位于德克萨斯州北部巴内特页岩天然气远景区——以使自己在很大程度上成为一家美国非常规石油和液体生产商。

德文能源把今年的石油产量预期(不包括待售资产)提高了17%，高于去年的每日12.2万桶(保留资产)，而此前的预测为15%。

德文能源预计将在年底前完成资产出售，并已将其计入会计表。一旦这些资产出售，德文能源将把注意力集中在位于德克萨斯西部和新墨西哥州的二叠纪盆地的四个关键区块、怀俄明州的粉河盆地、德克萨斯南部的鹰福特页岩探区和俄克拉荷马州的STACK区块。

德文能源的高管们表示，德文能源提高石油产量预期的原因是油井性能的改善，德文能源在第一季度交付了二叠纪盆地有史以来产量最高的一些油井。

李峻 编译自 Platts

原文如下：

Devon Energy sees oil growth acceleration this year driven by Permian, Powder River basins

Devon Energy expects oil growth driven by drilling in Texas' Permian and Wyoming's Powder River basins to accelerate in the second half of the year as the company focuses more on crude production and less on natural gas, the company said Wednesday.

Oklahoma City-based Devon is currently in the process of selling two legacy assets - its Canadian oil sands and a large position in the Barnett Shale natural gas play in North Texas - to position itself as largely a US unconventional oil and liquids producer.

Devon raised its oil output guidance by 17% for 2019, excluding assets held for sale, over last year's 122,000 b/d (for retained assets), versus 15% projected earlier.

The company expects to close on the asset sales by year-end and has already segregated them in its accounting tables. once those assets are sold, Devon will focus its attention around four key plays in the Permian in West Texas and New Mexico, the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas and the STACK play in Oklahoma.

Devon's raised oil production guidance stems from improved well performance that during the first quarter delivered some of the most productive Permian wells ever recorded in the basin, Devon executives said.