The challenges facing Norway's oil production

Journal article

Forty years ago the giant Ekofisk field was discovered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). For Norway this was an event of historical proportions, which marks the beginning of the country’s oil era. Oil production on the NCS commenced a couple of years after the discovery of Ekofisk. Production increased rather slowly in the first years, and as late as 1980 it stood at 0.5 million barrels per day (mbd) only. From 1980 and onwards, production growth was much stronger, due to the build-up of production from several giant oil fields that had been discovered

Authors: Aamot, L

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• Journal: Oxford Energy Forum
• Volume: 79
• Pages: 8-11
• Publication date: 2009-11-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISSN: 0959-7727
• Language: English
• Keywords: OIES