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Essex Land Rover Man on November 9, 2005 - 1:07pm

Anybody noticing the Norwegian monthly oil production figures? September 2005 came in at 2,992 Kbpd in total, giving a quarterly average of 2,934 Kbpd (OPEC estimate 3,023 Kbpd). October's preliminary figures are 2,837 Kbpd in total. October 2004 figures were 3,210 Kbpd. Is Norway's oil production now going down the steep slope of decline and will next years figures be 300Kbpd less than this years figures.
Norway's press release web page :- http://www.npd.no/English/Aktuelt/Pressemeldinger/2005/

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rtz on November 9, 2005 - 10:24pm

I don't understand how the decline could be so small?

If I pump 5000 gallons a day; what could prevent me or limit me to only be able to pump 4500 a day instead? Is the other 500 gallons water, air, sand, or mud?

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MikeCotton on November 11, 2005 - 4:07am

'Pump' is a relative term in the oil business. In primary recovery, you don't 'pump' anything out of the well. You stick a pipe down a hole and let what flows flow. The internal pressure of the rock does the 'pumping'. That's where gushers come from. So, if the related infrastructure can handle 5000 bpd, and only 4500 comes out of the pipe, you just suck it up and deal.

Beyond that, you can actually pump oil out of the well. The pumps in question are where the TOD graphic at the top of the page comes from. But you can't pump something that isn't there, so you only pump as fast as the well will fill. If the fill rate slows down, you slow down the pump. Repriming those things is not fun.

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