May production of 28,238 barrels per day


Oil production for the individual geographical units for May and the average for the period January to May was as follows):
 
 
 
    May
   Jan - May
 
 
 
UK
9,253
     9,047
NORWAY
   6,226
6,303
YEMEN
12,759
13,554
 
 
 
IN ALL
28,238
28,904
 
One of the producing wells in the Tasour field was shut in for a brief period in May in connection with the replacement of a pump in the well. This is the main reason why production from Yemen was approximately 850 barrels per day lower than in April.
A well has now been spudded in the western flank of the Tasour field.
 
Production from the Norwegian shelf declined by about 440 barrels per day compared with April.
 
Production from the Thistle field increased somewhat in May, contributing to an increase in the total production from the UK shelf of about 410 barrels of oil per day compared with April.