关键词: 美国, 油气资源, 油气勘探与开发, 资源利用, 税费政策

Abstract: Petroleum is the most important and the dominant energy resource in the American energy consumption.However,the utilizati on status of oilgas resources and the drilling activities show that the peak period of oilgas production has been gone in their history.Most producing wells in the mature oil areas are now in the stable lowproduction stage or near the stripper wells.Recognizing this reality,the US government has established a series of favorable policies for the federal royalty management and states revenue collections,in order to keep oil operators and producers maintaining oil and gas production,extending the life of fields with profits and improving oil recovery.The background of American energy structure,the brief of US petroleum exploration and production,and the efficient utilization of US tax incentive policy were discussed.The practices and experiences of the United States in above four aspects should be taken as the references to stimulate enterprises in investment and the tax policies on stripper oilgas properties.

Key words: the United States, oil gas resources, oil gas exploration and development, resource utilization, tax policy