Production figures August 2021

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23/09/2021 Preliminary production figures for August 2021 show an average daily production of 2 114 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Total gas sales were 9.3 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a decrease of 0.3 GSm3 from the previous month.

Average daily liquids production in August was: 1 812 000 barrels of oil, 292 000 barrels of NGL and 10 000 barrels of condensate.

Oil production in August is 3.0 percent higher than the NPD’s forecast, and 0.7 percent higher than the forecast so far this year.

 

Production August 2021

    Oil Sum liquid Gas Total
    mill bbl/d mill bbl/d MSm³ /d MSm³ o.e/d
Production August 2021 1,812 2,114 301,3 0,637
           
Forecast for August 2021 1,760 2,056 312,6 0,639
Deviation from forecast   0,052 0,058  -11,3 -0,002
Deviation from forecast in %   3,0 % 2,8 % -3,6 % -0,3 %
           
Production July 2021 1,753 2,035 309,4 0,633
Deviation from July 2021 0,059 0,079 -8,1 0,004
Deviation in % from July 2021 3,4 % 3,9 % -2,6 % 0,6 %
           
Production August 2020 1,731 2,027 286,8 0,609
Deviation from August 2020 0,081 0,087 14,5 0,028
Deviation in % from August 2020 4,7 % 4,3 % 5,1 % 4,6 %

 


Oil production 2021Figure of oil production 2021


Liquid production 2021

Figure of liquid production 2021


Gas production 2021

Figure of gas production 2021

 

The total petroleum production for the first eights months in 2021 is about 151.9 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 67.5 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 10.5 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 73.9 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.


The total volume is 1.8 MSm3 o.e. lower than in 2020.

 

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Updated: 23/09/2021

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