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Production figures December 2021

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1/20/2022 Preliminary production figures for December 2021 show an average daily production of 2 108 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate

Total gas sales were 10.9 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is an increase of 0.5 GSm3 from the previous month.

Average daily liquids production in December was: 1 841 000 barrels of oil, 258 000 barrels of NGL and 9 000 barrels of condensate.

Oil production in December is 0.2 percent lower than the NPD’s forecast, and 0.4 percent higher than the forecast so far this year.


Production December 2021

    Oil Sum liquid Gas Total
    mill bbl/d mill bbl/d MSm³/d MSm³ o.e/d
Production December 2021 1.841 2.108 353.1 0.688
           
Forecast for December 2021 1.845 2.172 334.2 0.680
Deviation from forecast December 2021 -0.004 -0.064 18.9 0.008
Deviation from forecast in % Deecember 2021 -0.2% -2.9% 5.7% 1.2%
           
Production November 2021 1.732 1.972 346.3 0.660
Deviation from November 2021 0.109 0.136 6.8 0.028
Deviation in % from November 2021 6.3% 6.9% 2.0% 4.2%
           
Production December 2020 1.814 2.129 332.0 0.670
Deviation from December 2020 0.027 -0.021 21.1 0.018
Deviation in % from December 2020 1.5% -1.0% 6.4% 2.7%


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 in 2021 is about 232,8 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 102.3 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 15.2 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 115.2 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.

The total volume is 4.0 higher than the 2020-figures.

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Updated: 1/20/2022

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