Norway: Gas Lags as Oil Sees Output Rise

Norway's oil production exceeded an official forecast by 5.4% in September while gas lagged by 1.9%, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) said on Tuesday.

Norway is Europe's largest supplier of natural gas and a major producer of oil, but output varies from month to month depending on maintenance needs and other stoppages at close to 100 offshore fields.

Overall oil, condensate, natural gas liquids and gas output stood at 0.599 million standard cubic metres per day, equivalent to 3.77 million barrels of oil equivalent, an increase of 15.9% year-on-year.

(Reuters - Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)