Norway sees output drop

Decline: Norwegian output

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Steve Marshall

 13 February 2013 12:54 GMT

Norway’s total hydrocarbon production dropped by 2% in January compared with the previous month as gas output was hit by a continued outage at the Troll field.

Average production of oil, natural gas liquids and condensate dropped by 46,000 barrels to 1.853 million barrels per day while total gas sales fell 4% to 10.5 billion cubic metres, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).

However, oil output of 1.473 million bpd exceeded the NPD’s forecast by 1%.

The state agency said production last month was hit by technical issues at the Hod, Oseberg, Troll and Vigdis fields.

Gas output from the Troll A platform has been hit by ongoing work to replace a faulty compressor unit due to be completed by…

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