中国石化新闻网讯据普氏能源资讯8月12日休斯敦报道，美国北达科他州最高油气监管机构12日表示，北达科他州6月份原油日产量环比下降了大约2.04万桶至102.6万桶，该州的原油日产量预计“很快”，很有可能在年底前跌破100万桶大关。

北达科他州矿产资源部油气部门主管林恩�6�1赫尔姆斯在该州月度生产会议上说，如果发生这种情况，该州的原油日产量在未来的一年多时间里可能在大约90万桶的水平上徘徊。

赫尔姆斯说，石油公司一直在限制或关闭原油生产，尤其是由于最近WTI油价跌到了每桶40美元以下。

赫尔姆斯补充说：“运营商面对低油价非常沮丧，他们不想清算他们的最好资产。在8月份，我已听到有一些非常重要的关闭或限制原油生产的消息。”

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North Dakota top oil regulator sees oil output below 1 million b/d by year-end

Houston (Platts)--12 Aug 2016

North Dakota's oil production fell about 20,400 b/d month on month in June to 1.026 million b/d, and output is expected to fall below 1 million b/d "pretty soon," likely before year-end, the state's top oil and gas regulator said on Friday.

And once that happens, production could linger at a level around 900,000 b/d for more than a year, Lynn Helms, the director of oil and gas for North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources, said during the state's monthly production webinar.

Helms said oil companies have been restricting or shutting in production, especially recently due to the most recent drop in WTI oil prices to the low $40/b.

"Operators are frustrated, not wanting to liquidate their [best] assets," Helms said. "In the month of August, I'm hearing there's some pretty significant shut-in or restricted production."