Norway’s daily production averaged 1.857 million b/d in June, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reported. Norway’s daily production averaged 2.029 million b/d in May (OGJ Online, June 19, 2020).
On Apr. 29, the government decided to implement a cut in Norwegian oil production. The production figures for oil in June include this cut of 250,000 b/d. Oil production in June is 4.1% under the limit set in connection with the production adjustment for June.
The average daily liquids production included 1.543 million b/o, 298,000 bbl of NGL, and 17,000 bbl of condensate.
The update takes the authorities’ oil production regulation into account, as well as delayed start-up of fields under development and oil production in the first quarter.
Total petroleum production for the first 6 months in 2020 is about 115.2 million standard cu m oil equivalents.