Oil and gas activities, production (discontinued), Q1 2009

The production of natural gas continues to increase. In 2008, the total gas production ended up at 99 million Sm³ oe, an increase by 10.7 per cent or 9.5 million Sm³ compared with 2007. Natural gas production made up 41 per cent of the total petroleum production in 2008. Three new fields started gas production previous year: Volve, Alvheim and Vilje. 94.6 per cent of the gas produced in Norway is exported and the Norwegian gas cover 16 per cent of the European gas consumption.

Oil production

The total production of oil, including NGL and condensate, amounted to 142.9 million Sm³ oe in 2008, a decrease by 3.8 per cent or 5.5 million Sm³ oe. The last time the oil production was this low was in 1993. There are 53 fields that produce oil. The largest is Ekofisk that started its production in 1971, in 2008 it produced 12 million Sm³ oe.

Tables:

• Table 1 Net total petroleum production. 1 000 Sm³
• Table 43 Historic production in abandoned fields and fields on stream per 31 December 2007
• Table 44 Original recoverable reserves and remaining reserves in fields in production per 31 December 2007