Norway’s daily liquids production averaged 1.772 million b/d in September, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reported. Norway’s daily liquids production averaged 2.019 million b/d in August.
On Apr. 29, the government decided to implement a cut in Norwegian oil production. The production figures for oil in September include this cut of 134,000 b/d in the second half of 2020. Oil production in September is 13.8% lower than the NPD’s forecast, and 1.61% below the forecast so far this year.
The average daily liquids production in September included 1.486 million b/o, 268,000 bbl of NGL, and 18,000 bbl of condensate.
The main reasons that production in September was below forecast is maintenance work and technical problems on some fields.
The total petroleum production for the first 9 months of the year is about 170.4 million standard cu m oil equivalents.
