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Production figures September 2021

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10/20/2021 Preliminary production figures for September 2021 show an average daily production of 2 022 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate,

Total gas sales were 8.9 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a decrease of 0.5 GSm3 from the previous month.

Average daily liquids production in September was: 1 772 000 barrels of oil, 240 000 barrels of NGL and 10 000 barrels of condensate.

Oil production in August is 1.1 percent higher than the NPD’s forecast, and 0.8 percent higher than the forecast so far this year.


Production September 2021

    Oil Sum liquid Gas Total
    mill bbl/d mill bbl/d MSm³ /d MSm³ o.e/d
Production September 2021 1,772 2,022 296,8 0,620
           
Forecast for September 2021 1,753 2,040 287,9 0,612
Deviation from forecast   0,019 -0,018 8,9 0,008
Deviation from forecast in %   1,1 % -0,9 % 3,1 % 1,3 %
           
Production August 2021 1,813 2,092 304,4 0,637
Deviation from August 2021 -0,041 -0,070 -7,6 -0,017
Deviation in % from August 2021 -2,3 % -3,3 % -2,5 % -2,7 %
           
Production September 2020 1,492 1,777 277,1 0,560
Deviation from September 2020 0,280 0,280 19,7 0,060
Deviation in % from September 2020 18,8 % 15,8 % 7,1 % 10,7 %

 

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 for the first ninth months in 2021 is about 170.5 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 76.0 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 11.6 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 82.9 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.

The total volume is equal to the 2020-figures.

 

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Updated: 10/20/2021

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