Norway’s liquids output recovered to 2.073 million barrels per day in August, up 97,000 bpd from July, but remained below its year-earlier level, OilPrice.com reported, citing preliminary figures released on Tuesday. The increase reversed much of July’s decline, although total production was still 4% lower than in August 2025.
The liquids total, comprising crude oil, natural gas liquids and condensate, rose by about 4.9% from July’s 1.976 million bpd. Crude accounted for the recovery, climbing 98,000 bpd, or 5.5%, to 1.882 million bpd from 1.784 million bpd a month earlier. That put crude output 79,000 bpd, or 4.4%, above the Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s August forecast of 1.803 million bpd.
The stronger monthly performance did not close the gap with the previous year. August crude production was 74,000 bpd, or 3.8%, below the 1.956 million bpd recorded in August 2025. OilPrice.com characterised the figures as a recovery from July’s weakness rather than a resumption of annual growth. It noted that maintenance programmes and operational interruptions at individual offshore fields can cause sizeable fluctuations in Norwegian production, suggesting that some of July’s decline was temporary.
Gas production moved in the opposite direction on a monthly basis and undershot the Directorate’s expectations. August output averaged 342 million standard cubic metres per day, against a forecast of 348.6 million. Production fell by 9.7 million cubic metres per day from July’s 351.7 million, although it remained 8.2 million above the 333.8 million recorded in August 2025.
OilPrice.com highlighted the significance of the monthly gas decline for Europe, where Norway is the largest natural gas supplier and pipeline flows are central to supply ahead of winter heating demand. For liquids, the report framed the outlook around whether the recovery can continue as summer maintenance concludes, or whether declining production from mature offshore fields will again weigh on output.