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Production figures November 2021

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12/21/2021 Preliminary production figures for November 2021 show an average daily production of 1 999 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Total gas sales were 10.1 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is an decrease of 0.4 GSm3 from the previous month.

Average daily liquids production in November was: 1 729 000 barrels of oil, 257 000 barrels of NGL and 13 000 barrels of condensate.

Oil production in November is 5.0 percent lower than the NPD’s forecast, and 0.5 percent higher than the forecast so far this year.

The main reasons that production in November was below forecast is technical problems.

Production November 2021

    Oil Sum liquid Gas Total
    mill bbl/d mill bbl/d MSm³/d MSm³ o.e/d
Production November 2021 1.729 1.999 337.9 0,656
           
Forecast for November 2021 1.821 2.142 330.7 0,671
Deviation from forecast November 2021 -0.092 -0.143 7.2 -0,015
Deviation from forecast in % November 2021 -5.1% -6.7% 2.2% -2.2%
           
Production October 2021 1.818 2.061 338.1 0.666
Deviation from October 2021 -0.089 -0.062 -0.2 -0.010
Deviation in % from October 2021 -4.9% -3.0% -0.1% -1.5%
           
Production November 2020 1.732 2.031 320.5 0.643
Deviation from November 2020 -0.003 -0.032 17.4 0.013
Deviation in % from November 2020 -0.2% -1.6% 5.4% 2.0%


Oil production 2021

Figure of oil production 2021

 

Liquid production 2021

Figure of liquid production 2021


Gas production 2021

Figure of gas production 2021

 

The total petroleum production so far in 2021 is about 210,8 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 93.2 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 14.1 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 103.6 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.

The total volume is 2.8 higher than the 2020-figures.

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Ola Anders Skauby

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Updated: 12/21/2021

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