據(jù)美國彭博新聞社2022年12月1日報道，加拿大最大的石油和天然氣生產(chǎn)商加拿大自然資源有限公司(Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.)計劃在2023年將原油日產(chǎn)量首次提高到100萬桶。在油價處于歷史高位之際，自然資源公司加大了油氣鉆探力度。

自然資源公司在周三的投資者簡報中說，加上天然氣，預(yù)計明年油氣日產(chǎn)量將比今年增加5.6萬桶油當量，達到140萬桶油當量。

由于自然資源公司鉆探新井并減少一些設(shè)施的維護作業(yè)，占石油產(chǎn)量近75%的油砂產(chǎn)量將增加約5%。由于來自艾伯塔省Clearwater地層、Bonnyville和Lloydminster地區(qū)重油產(chǎn)量的增加，自然資源公司的常規(guī)產(chǎn)量預(yù)計將增長4%左右。

這家加拿大石油巨頭的計劃與石油行業(yè)形成了鮮明對比。盡管今年的油價期貨交易處于較高水平，但石油行業(yè)在將資金投入新鉆井方面更為保守。全球最大的油砂生產(chǎn)商森科爾能源公司在周二的電話會議上表示，該公司預(yù)計今年的日產(chǎn)量增加將不會超過1萬桶，達到77萬桶油當量。規(guī)模較小的油砂生產(chǎn)商MEG能源公司將把日產(chǎn)量提高至10.5萬桶。  

由于自然資源公司宣布了其明年的產(chǎn)量指導(dǎo)，其股價周三在多倫多下跌40美分，至80.31加元。 

李峻 編譯自 美國彭博新聞社

原文如下：

Canadian Oil Giant Plans to Pump Record Crude Next Year

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Canada’s largest oil and gas producer, is aiming to raise production as high as 1 million barrels a day in 2023 for the first time as the company ramps up drilling amid historically high prices. 

Combined with natural gas, production is forecast to increase by 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from this year to as much as 1.4 million barrels, the company said in an investor presentation Wednesday.

Oil sands production, accounting for almost 75% of oil output, will increase about 5% as the company drills new well and reduces maintenance work at some facilities. Conventional production is expected to grow about 4% as heavy output rises from the Clearwater formation in Alberta and in the Bonnyville and Lloydminster areas. 

The oil giant’s plans buck the industry, which is being more conservative in deploying cash to new drilling even as oil price futures this year trade at higher levels. Suncor Energy Inc., the largest oil sands producer, expects output to increase from this year by no more than 10,000 barrels a day to as high as 770,000 barrels of oil equivalent, the company said in a conference call on Tuesday. MEG Energy Corp., a smaller oil sands producer, will increase output to as high as 105,000 barrels a day.

The company’s shares fell 40 cents to C$80.31 in Toronto on Wednesday as the company announced its guidance for next year.