February 2018

21/03/2018 Preliminary production figures for February 2018 show an average daily production of 1 944 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease of 83 000 barrels per day compared to January.

Total gas sales were 10.2 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is a decrease of 1.1 GSM3 from the previous month.

Production February 2018
Production February 2018

Oil production 2018
Oil production 2018

Liquid production 2018
Liquid production 2018

Gas production 2018
Gas production 2018

The total petroleum production in February 2018 is about 18.8 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 14.9 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 3.7 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 21.5 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale. The total volume is 0.7 MSm3 o.e. lower than in 2017.

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Drilling permit for wells 35/10-7 S and A in production licence 630
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Drilling permit for well 7122/6-3 S in production licence 901
08/09/2021 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi AS a drilling permit for well 7122/6-3 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.