PetroNor E&P ASA's latest lifting figures at 964,593 barrels of entitlement oil from the PNGF Sud field offshore Congo sets the company's record in single-lifting volumes with a significant overlift over 500,000 barrels
This comes even when production efficiency remained at 86% and not at full capacity due to an infrastructure interruption, which had nearly half of the wells to be shut-in for as many as 16 days in February. Once the wells were back in production during the following month after the completion of all repair works, gross daily output capacity at exit Q1 shot past 31,000 bopd (net 5,200 bopd). The five-well infill programme in Tchibouela East played a significant role in the production boost.
The lifted barrels will be sold over the coming months with entitlement oil of circa 100,000 barrels per month.
The realised price of the sale will be determined according to the current market conditions and the lifting contract with ADNOC. This realisation will be announced at the end of April.
First quarter average net working interest production was 4,721 bopd, compared with 4,564 bopd in the previous quarter and 4,303 bopd in the first quarter of 2025.
Last year, PetroNor's yield saw a 90% improvement over its 2024 average of 86%. Its impressive lifting figures are attributable to a restocking of significant overlift position while building entitlement oil inventory.