據今日油價5月7日報道，路透社表示，美國有望每天削減170萬桶的石油產量。

4月初，在歐佩克最近一次簽署協議之前，美國表示，美國將削減石油產量，以應對不斷惡化的市場狀況。這份聲明一開始對歐佩克來說并沒有達到預想中的期待，歐佩克希望這個全球最大的原油生產國和消費國做出更多承諾。

歐佩克最終同意減產970萬桶/天，這是一個里程碑式的數字，遠遠大于歐佩克近年來的減產數量。在該協議中與歐佩克合作的非歐佩克國家承諾每日減產1000萬桶。

美國能源部長表示，能源部預計美國石油日產量到今年年底將減少200萬至300萬桶，不過照目前的形勢來看減產速度比能源部預期的還要快。

隨著美國出行的限制，削減石油生產的需求變得更加急迫。美國生產商的減產可能會平息歐佩克和俄羅斯的不滿情緒，畢竟，美國頁巖油氣行業從歐佩克此前的幾輪減產中受益匪淺。

鄒勤 摘譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

U.S. Oil Companies Are Cutting Production Much Faster Than Expected

The United States is on track to cut 1.7 million barrels of oil production per day, according to Reuters calculations of state and company data shared on Thursday.

It was U.S. President that suggested at the beginning of April, prior to the most recent OPEC deal signing that the United States would cut its oil output as a natural response to the worsening market conditions. The statement was not initially good enough for OPEC, who wanted more of a commitment from the world’s largest producer and consumer of crude oil.

OPEC+ eventually agreed to cut production by 9.7 million bpd—a landmark figure that is significantly larger than previous OPEC cuts in recent years. Its non-OPEC allies who partnered with OPEC in the deal pledged to cut an additional 10 million bpd.

U.S. Energy Secretary said last month that the DoE expected that production in the United States would fall by between two and three million bpd by the end of the year—it appears the cuts have come even quicker than the department expected.

The need for the production cuts grew more evident as the United States shut down nearly all activity in an attempt to flatten that curve of infections that sought to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. Doing so, however, has idled much of the economy and crippled demand—and as such, its oil and gas industry that fuels that economy.

The cuts from U.S. producers may seek to quiet the disgruntlement of OPEC and Russia, in particular, who expressed their displeasure that the U.S. would not require its producers to curb production. After all, the U.S. shale industry has benefited greatly from previous rounds of OPEC cuts.