This boosts Statoil’s production estimate over the whole year to the revised figure.
“The increase is primarily down to the fact that we’ve been able to make more gas available for sale to the UK,” explains Peter Mellbye, executive vice president for Natural Gas.
Statoil is sticking to its production target for 2004 of 1,000,000 boe/d from the NCS and 120,000 boe/d internationally.