据彭博新闻社2023年6月12日报道，全球知名能源顾问公司伍德麦肯兹公司公布的数据显示，由于在数百米深的海水中进行石油钻探作业再次蓬勃发展，海上钻机的租金预计将在过去几年翻一番后再上涨18%。

这家能源顾问公司周一在一份报告中写道，由于该行业约90%的在用钻井船队都签订了合同，超过了疫情前的水平，今年上半年最先进的海上钻机的平均租金为每天42万美元。伍德麦肯兹公司补充说，今年年底，钻机日费率可能达到50万美元或更多。

伍德麦肯兹公司分析师莱斯利·库克在报告中写道：“油价上涨、对能源安全和深水排放优势的关注支持了深水开发，并在一定程度上促进了深水油气勘探作业。”

近几年来，海上钻机的所有者一直在报废船只，这些船只在深水勘探热潮的高峰期每天的租金超过50万美元。由于全球最大油田承包商预计未来几年此领域产量增长将远高于页岩，海上钻井行业正显示出复苏的迹象，尤其是可以在约300英尺(90米)深的海域作业的浮式钻机。

李峻 编译自 彭博新闻社

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Offshore rig prices climb amidst deepwater drilling boom

Drilling for oil in miles-deep ocean water is booming again with rig-rental prices forecast to climb another 18% after doubling over the past couple years, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

Prices to rent the most advanced offshore drilling rigs averaged $420,000 a day for the first half of this year, as roughly 90% of the industry’s active fleet is contracted for work, the energy consultant wrote Monday in a report, surpassing pre-Covid levels. Rig rates may hit $500,000 a day or more by the end of the year, it added.

“Higher oil prices, the focus on energy security and deepwater’s emissions advantages have supported deepwater development and, to some extent, boosted exploration,” Leslie Cook, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie, wrote in the report.

In recent years, owners of sea-going rigs have been scrapping vessels that at the height of the deepwater boom commanded rents of more than $500,000 a day. The offshore industry is showing signs of a rebirth, particularly for floating rigs that can operate in seas deeper than about 300 feet (90 meters), as the world’s biggest oilfield contractors expect growth to shift away from shale in coming years.