据美国合众国际社10月13日特隆赫姆报道,挪威石油公司(Det norske oljeselskap)13日在特隆赫姆宣布,挪威石油公司位于北海的Varg油田日前产出第1亿桶原油,超过原先预计50%以上。
挪威石油公司说,瓦尔格油田的石油生产在1998年开始并在2002年被列入关闭油田名单。
挪威石油公司13日在一份声明中表示,瓦尔格油田的退役计划在2001年得到挪威政府的批准,但是,新的发现、钻取新井以及天然气生产使得这个油田一直生产到今天。这个油田目前产量稳定并预计还可以再生产好几年。
挪威拥有的石油储量超过欧洲其他任何国家。去年,挪威平均每天出口了119万桶石油,其中大部分出口到英国和荷兰。
挪威国家石油理事会日前说,挪威8月份平均日产148万桶石油,比预期增加10%以及比去年同期增加1%。
今年迄今为止,挪威的石油产量比挪威国家石油理事会的预测高出大约2%。
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原文如下:
100 million barrels pulled from Varg oil field
TRONDHEIM, Norway, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A Norwegian energy company said Monday it pulled barrel No. 100 million from the Varg oil field in the North Sea, more than 50 percent above what was expected.
Norwegian energy company Det norske oljeselskap said production from the field begin in 1998 and it was slated for closure in 2002.
"The plan for decommissioning of Varg was approved by the [Norwegian government] in 2001, but new discoveries, drilling of new wells and gas production has made the field viable until today," the company said in a statement Monday. "Production is currently stable and is expected to last for several more years."
Norway has more oil reserves than any other European country. Last year, it exported 1.19 million barrels per day worth of oil, with most of that headed to the British and Dutch economies.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the nation's regulator, said average daily oil production of 1.48 million barrels per day in August, the last full month for which data are available, was 10 percent above what was expected and 1 percent about what was produced during the same month in 2013.
So far this year, oil production is about 2 percent above the NPD's prognosis.