Norwegian oil production in July hit its highest levels since May 2012, despite problems at five key fields during the month.
New figures from the country’s petroleum directorate show production was up 15% month on month thanks to increased output fron the region.
The rise came in spite of technical problems which limited output from the Oseberg, Skuld, Ula, Valhall and Vigdis fields.
Production across the Norwegian licences reached 1,959,000 barrels of oil, gas and condensate per day on average – up more than 250,000 barrels a day higher than June 2013.
On average, 1,576,000 barrels of oil, 311,000 barrels of gas and 72,000 barrels of condensate were produced – the highest output from Norwegian fields in 14 months.
“So far this year the oil production is about 0.5 percent below the NPD’s prognosis,” the directorate said.
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