Norwegian production down 2% last month compared to March

Norwegian oil production fell by 2% in April compared to March’s figures.

Preliminary production figures for last month show an average daily production of 2,111,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an decrease of 38,000 barrels per day compared to March.

Total gas sales were 10.6 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is an decrease of 0.4 GSM3 from the previous month.

Average daily liquids production in April was 1,704,000 barrels of oil, 377 000 barrels of NGL and 31 000 barrels of condensate.

The oil production is about 4.2% above levels from April last year and is about 4.2 percent above the NPD’s prognosis for April 2017.

The oil production is about 2.3 percent above the prognosis so far this year.

Total petroleum production for the first four months in 2017 is about 83.2 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.).

Final production figures from March 2017 show an average daily production of about 1.734 million barrels of oil, 0.415 million barrels of NGL and condensate and a total of 11.0 billion Sm3 saleable gas production.

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