Troll output cut extended

Output cut: Troll A

STATOIL

Steve Marshall ,

News Wires

 24 January 2013 11:46 GMT

Statoil has extended by two months the date for a restart of full production from the Troll A platform off Norway that has been cut due to compressor issues.

The outage at the facility is now set to reduce output from the Troll gas field by up to 35 million cubic metres per day until at least 1 April, compared with an earlier schedule of 4 February, state gas infrastructure agency Gassco reported on its website.

Gassco stated there is“reduced capacity due to compressor problems", adding that there was uncertainty on replacement of a compressor driving unit.

Troll, which is Norway’s main gas field and accountsfor about 40% of the country’s total output, produced at an average rate of around 84 million…

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