据海上工程师网2022年1月25日报道，美国赫斯公司（Hess Corp）周二表示，由于公司着眼于在圭亚那和美国巴肯页岩盆地的业务，其今年的生产资本支出预算预计将大幅增加37%。  

过去一年，全球原油价格上涨50%以上，达到每桶86美元以上，生产商预计将在勘探和钻井活动上投入更多资金，此前多年来，生产商一直将股东回报置于业务投资之上。

尽管如此，石油公司仍有望保持有吸引力的股东回报，赫斯公司首席执行官约翰·赫斯1月早些时候曾表示，赫斯公司今年将宣布“有意义的”股息增长，并加快回购计划。

赫斯公司预计今年将投资26亿美元用于生产，其中约80%将分配给圭亚那和巴肯页岩盆地业务，而去年为19亿美元。

今年，赫斯公司的平均油气净产量预计将在33万至34万桶油当量/天(不包括利比亚)之间，而2021年的预期产量为29.5万桶油当量/天。  

经纪公司Cowen & Co.的数据显示，油气生产商今年的预算预计将增加13%。

赫斯公司将斥资约10亿美元进一步开发圭亚那，圭亚那是本世纪世界上最大的石油发现地之一，被认为是赫斯公司的业务增长引擎。同时，赫斯公司将斥资约11.5亿美元用于生产，包括在北达科他州巴肯页岩盆地增建3部钻机。   

李峻 编译自 海上工程师网

原文如下：

Hess Corp Sees Higher Capital Spending, Output in 2022. Focus on Guyana and Bakken

Hess Corp said on Tuesday it expects its 2022 capital budget for production to rise 37% as the oil company looks to focus on its operations in Guyana and the U.S. Bakken shale basin.

A more than 50% rise in global crude prices in the past year to above $86 a barrel is expected to encourage producers to spend more on exploration and drilling activity after years of prioritizing shareholder returns over business investments.

Still, oil companies are expected to maintain attractive shareholder returns, with Hess CEO John Hess saying earlier this month it would announce "meaningful" dividend growth this year and accelerate buyback plans.

Hess expects to spend $2.6 billion on production in 2022, of which about 80% will be allocated to Guyana and the Bakken, compared with $1.9 billion last year.

The company's net production is forecast to average between 330,000 and 340,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2022, excluding Libya, compared with the 295,000 boepd expected in 2021.

Oil and gas producers are expected to increase budgets 13% this year, according to brokerage Cowen & Co.

Hess will spend about $1 billion to further develop Guyana, home of one of the world's largest oil discoveries this century and considered a growth engine for the company, while about $1.15 billion will be spent on production, including for three rigs in North Dakota's Bakken basin.

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