据油气产品2月4日消息称，与去年相比，2020年石油和天然气行业的资本支出预计将增加约20亿美元。根据加拿大石油生产商协会(CAPP)的数据，这意味着传统领域的资本投资增加了4%，油砂领域增加了8%。

预计2020年的常规石油和天然气资本投资为254亿美元，高于去年的244亿美元。

预计到2020年，油砂领域的资本投资将达到116亿美元，高于2019年的107亿美元。这标志着5年来油砂资本支出预计将首次出现增长。

就石油和天然气行业整体而言，预计今年的总资本投资将达到370亿美元，高于2019年的估计351亿美元，到2020年，总资本投资将增长6%。这将阻止自2014年投资达到810亿美元以来的急剧下降。

额外的20亿美元资本支出在加拿大各地创造或维持了约11,800个直接和间接就业机会(阿尔伯塔省约8100个，加拿大其他地区约3700个)。

CAPP总裁兼首席执行官Tim McMillan表示：“我们很高兴看到2020年资本投资的增长。这反映了许多方面的努力和决心，使该行业处于更具竞争力的地位。资本投资的增加对上游行业来说是一个非常积极的信号，要保持这一势头，还有很多工作要做。”

曹海斌 摘译自 油气产品

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$2 billion boost for upstream investment projected in 2020 in Canada

Capital spending in the oil and natural gas industry is expected to be about $2 billion higher in 2020 compared to last year. This represents a four percent increase in capital investment in the conventional side, and an eight percent increase in the oil sands, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).

Conventional oil and natural gas capital investment for 2020 is forecast at $25.4 billion, up from an estimated $24.4 billion last year.

Capital investment in the oil sands is forecast at $11.6 billion in 2020, up from an estimated $10.7 billion in 2019. This marks the first time in five years that oil sands capital spending is expected to experience an upswing.

Overall for the oil and natural gas sector, total capital investment this year is forecast at $37 billion, up from an estimated $35.1 billion in 2019, for a combined increase of six per cent in 2020. This would halt the dramatic decline seen since 2014, when investment numbers reached $81 billion.

The extra $2 billion in capital spending creates or sustains about 11,800 direct and indirect jobs across Canada (approximately 8,100 in Alberta, and 3,700 in the rest of the country).

"We are very happy to see an increase in capital investment expected for 2020. It's a reflection of the hard work and determination on many fronts to bring the industry into a more competitive position." said CAPP president and CEO Tim McMillan. "The increase in capital investment is a very positive sign for the upstream sector, and there is a lot more work to be done to keep this momentum."