據管道&天然氣雜志網7月31日紐約路透社報道，美國能源信息署(EIA)周五公布的月度報告顯示，美國5月原油產量驟降，日產量減少創紀錄的200萬桶至1,000萬桶。

據自2005年以來的數據顯示，這是有記錄以來最大的月度降幅。今年春季，由于供過于求和新型冠狀病毒導致的需求減少，導致價格暴跌。

美國最大原油生產國州德克薩斯州5月減產76.4萬桶/天，北達科他州則減產35.3萬桶/天。據報告稱，美國墨西哥灣近海石油鉆探日產量減少30萬桶。

汽油需求為720萬桶/天，較上年同期下降23.5%。

柴油和其他餾分燃料的需求同比下降12.6％至350萬桶/天。

與此同時，根據EIA 914報告顯示，5月份美國48個州的天然氣日均總產量下降57億立方英尺，降至974立方英尺，為2018年10月以來的最低點。

這是自2008年9月以來的最大月度降幅.2019年11月，美國天然氣產量創下了1070億立方英尺/天的歷史新高，但此后幾乎每個月都在下降。

在最大的天然氣生產州德克薩斯州，5月份天然氣日產量下降了23億立方英尺，降幅8.1%，至264億立方英尺。德克薩斯州的很多天然氣都是石油生產的伴生氣。

美國第二大天然氣生產州賓夕法尼亞州，5月份天然氣日產量下降了創紀錄的7億立方英尺至193億立方英尺。

郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網

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U.S. Crude Output in May Plummets by Record 2 Million Barrels per Day

U.S. crude oil production plummeted in May, falling a record 2 million barrels per day to 10 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a monthly report on Friday.

The drop, the sharpest monthly decline on record according to data going back to 2005, came after a price crash this spring due to oversupply and reduced demand owing to the novel coronavirus.

Top crude producer state Texas cut production by 764,000 bpd while North Dakota's output fell by 353,000 bpd in the month. Offshore drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico fell by 300,000 bpd, the report said.

Gasoline demand was down 23.5% from year-ago levels at 7.2 million bpd.

Demand for diesel and other distillate fuels fell 12.6% from a year earlier to 3.5 million bpd.

Monthly gross natural gas production in the U.S. Lower 48 states, meanwhile, dropped 5.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in May to 97.4 bcfd, its lowest monthly average since October 2018, according to the EIA 914 report.

That was the biggest monthly decline since September 2008. U.S. gas output hit an all-time monthly high of 107.0 bcfd in November 2019 but has fallen almost every month since.

In Texas, the biggest gas producing state, output fell by a monthly record of 2.3 bcfd, or 8.1%, to 26.4 bcfd in May. A lot of the gas in Texas is associated gas from oil production.

In Pennsylvania, the second-biggest gas-producing state, output dropped by a monthly record of 0.7 bcfd to 19.3 bcfd in May.