According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), preliminary production figures for June 2019 show an average daily production of 1,409,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This marks a decrease of 184,000 barrels per day in comparison to May.
More specifically, overall gas sales were 9.4 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a reduction of 0.3 GSm3 from the previous month.
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In addition, average daily liquids production in June recorded 1,067,000 barrels of oil, 315,000 barrels of NGL and 28,000 barrels of condensate. In June, oil production was 10% lower than the NPD’s forecast, and 3.4% less the forecast so far this year.
The main reasons that production in June was below forecast is technical problems and maintenance work on some fields
NPD explained.
