Oljedirektoratet

Production figures December 2023

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Johan Sverdrup field (Photo: Jonny Engelsvoll/Equinor)

23/01/2024 Preliminary production figures for December 2023 show an average daily production of 2 096 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

Total gas sales were 11.75 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is 0.8 (GSm3) higher than the previous month.
 
Average daily liquids production in December was: 1 847 000 barrels of oil, 228 000 barrels of NGL and 21 000 barrels of condensate.
 
Oil production in December is 1.9 percent higher than the Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s forecast and 0.5 percent lower than the forecast this year.
 
 

Production figures December 2023

Oil
mill bbl/day
Sum liquid
mill bbl/day
Gas
MSm³/day
Total
MSm³ o.e/day
Production December 2023 1.870 2.122 382.8 0.720
 
Forecast for December 2023 1.813 2.039 352.1 0.676
Deviation from forecast 0.057 0.083 30.7 0.044
Deviation from forecaset in % 3.1 % 4.1 % 8.7 % 6.5 %
 
Production November 2023 1.805 2.045 365 0.690
Deviation from November 2023 0.065 0.077 17.8 0.030
Deviation in % from November 2023 3.6 % 3.8 % 4.9 % 4.3 %
 
Production December 2022 1.772 2.001 360.3 0.678
Deviation from December 2022 0.098 0.121 22.5 0.042
Deviation in % from December 2022 5.5 % 6 % 6.2 % 6.2 %

Oil production December 2023

Liquid production December 2023

Gas production December 2023

The total petroleum production in 2023 is about 234.3 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 104.1 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 12.9 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 117.3 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.
 
The total volume is 0.2 MSm3 o.e. higher than in 2022. 
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Updated: 23/01/2024