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Norway's prelim oil production rose in October

Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:20am EST

OSLO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Norway's oil production rose to a preliminary 1.95 million barrels per day on average in October from 1.87 million in September, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday.

Production of natural gas liquids (NGL) and condensate rose to a preliminary 340,000 barrels per day in October from 304,000 in September, the directorate said in a statement.

Gas production rose to a preliminary 8.2 billion standard cubic metres in October from 7.2 billion in September, the NPD said.

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



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