Norway April oil output falls to 1.99 mln bpd

OSLO May 11 (Reuters) - Norway's oil production fell to a preliminary 1.99 million barrels per day on average in April from 2.15 million in March, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday.

Production of natural gas liquids (NGL) and condensate fell to a preliminary 350,000 barrels per day in April from 389,000 in March, the directorate said in a statement.

Gas production fell to a preliminary 8.76 billion standard cubic metres in April from 9.7 billion in March, the NPD said.

Non-OPEC producer Norway is the world's fourth biggest oil exporter and western Europe's biggest gas exporter.

Oil companies on the Norwegian continental shelf are struggling to maintain production against a long-term declining trend at maturing North Sea oilfields, but Norway's gas production continues to grow.