Norway oil output fell to 1.93 mln bpd in June

Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:54am EDT
 
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OSLO, July 17 (Reuters) - Norway's oil production fell to a preliminary 1.93 million barrels per day on average in June from 2.18 million in May hit by maintenance, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday.

The figure was up from 1.87 million barrels per day in June last year.

Production of natural gas liquids (NGL) and condensate fell to a preliminary 272,000 barrels per day in June from 374,000 in May, the directorate said in a statement.

"So far this year the average daily production has been just above 2.1 million barrels of oil," the directorate said, referring to final figures for January-May.

Norway is the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, according to figures from the Energy Information Administration, and the second largest supplier of natural gas to Europe. (Reporting by Wojciech Moskwa)

 

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