Lunes, 28 Noviembre 2016

Statoil in Troll 'output lift'

Norway's Petroleum & Energy Ministry has approved a hike in the 2016 oil production quota of the Troll field from 41.7 million to 46.5 million barrels, giving it the highest output level since 2009, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
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Field operator Statoil requested an increase on behalf of the licence partners in September, and the ministry granted it on 4 November, a letter from the ministry showed. Troll produced 33.2 million barrels of oil during the first nine months of 2016, according to data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The field is a major supplier of natural gas to Europe and the permitted oil output is tightly regulated to prevent a drop in output from the gas reservoir. Other partners in the field are Norway's state-owned Petoro, Shell, Total and ConocoPhillips.

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