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Increased oil production, decreased gas production
statistikk
2014-08-20T10:00:00.000Z
Energy and manufacturing
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ogprodre, Oil and gas activities, production (discontinued), petroleum production, oil production, gas production, condensate, NGL, remaining reserves, oil fields, gas fieldsOil and gas , Energy and manufacturing
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The production of oil, gas, NGL and condensate amounted to 108 million Sm3 o.e. in the first half of 2014.

Oil and gas activities, production (discontinued), Q2 2014

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Increased oil production, decreased gas production

The total petroleum production on the Norwegian continental shelf in the first half of 2014 amounted to 108 million Sm3 oil equivalents. Compared to the same period in 2013, this equals a decrease of 0.4 per cent. Production of oil increased, while production of gas decreased.

Total petroleum production, 1 000 Sm312Published 20 August 2014
Year/quarterTotal deliveries of petroleum productsOilGasNGLCondensate
1Oil equivalents (o.e) is a term used to sum up volumes of oil. gas, NGL and condensate.
2Source: The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
19731 8701 870000
198254 81728 52823 9602 28643
1992154 846123 99925 8344 95954
2002258 364173 64965 59411 7987 323
2012226 25089 197114 72717 7774 549
2013215 35584 950108 74617 6853 974
3rd quarter 201249 72520 77524 1033 884963
4th quarter 201258 00121 49230 9714 3931 145
1st quarter 201355 28120 85928 9834 508932
2nd quarter 201352 98320 92226 4194 665977
3rd quarter 201350 61721 26324 3274 0161 012
4th quarter 201356 47421 90629 0184 4971 053
1st quarter 201457 47222 06029 5114 934966
2nd quarter 201450 38420 39324 4864 4911 014

Source: Statistics Norway

Since 2004, oil production has declined each year, but in the first half of 2014 it increased. The total production of oil amounted to 42.5 million Sm3 oil equivalents (o.e) ; an increase of 1.6 per cent or 0.7 million Sm3 o.e. There were 68 oil fields in production in the first six months of 2014. The oil fields with the highest production were Troll, Ekofisk and Snorre.

Decreased gas production

In the first half of 2014, the gas production amounted to 54 million Sm3 o.e. This is a decrease of 1.4 million Sm3 o.e. or 2.5 per cent. The production of gas made up about 49 per cent of the total petroleum production . A total of 63 fields produced gas in the first quarter of 2014. Troll, Ormen Lange and Åsgard are the fields with the highest gas production.