Oil and gas activities, production (discontinued), Q2 2009

The total production of oil amounted to 57.5 million Sm³ oe in the first six months of 2009, a decrease by 4.9 per cent or 2.8 million Sm³ oe. There are 56 fields that produce oil, three more then for the same period last year. Yttergryta and Rev started production in January, and Alve started in March. The largest oil producing field is Ekofisk that started its production in 1971, in the fist half of 2009 it produced 5.7 million Sm³ oe.

Gas production

The production of natural gas had a small increase in the fist half of 2009. Production ended up at 52.9 million Sm³ oe, an increase by 2.6 per cent or 1.4 million Sm³ compared with to the same period in 2008. Natural gas production made up 43.8 per cent of the total petroleum production. Three new fields started gas production previous year: Yttergryta, Rev and Alve.

Tables:

• Table 1 Net total petroleum production. 1 000 Sm3
• Table 47 Historic production in abandoned fields and fields on stream per 31 December 2007
• Table 48 Original recoverable reserves and remaining reserves in fields in production per 31 December 2008