	norway boosts oil output by pct in september norway s september oil output rose by pct to mln barrels per day bpd from bpd in august according to a reuter survey of firms operating here operators said the sharp rise reflected higher output at several of norway s biggest fields and resumed production at fields shut down for days in august for the ekofisk field rescue project industry analysts said the increase did not exceed norway s voluntary move to curb by pct planned growth in its oil output a move designed to back opec led efforts to stabilise oil prices by limiting supplies to world  markets norway not an opec member decided in june to extend the production restraints enforced since february on all its north sea fields for the rest of the year oil minister arne oeien said last month he expected norway would extend into its policy of slowed production growth the biggest increase was seen on the ekofisk field which pumped bpd in september against bpd in august field operator phillips petroleum norway inc said ekofisk and the nearby valhall and ula fields which use the ekofisk pipeline were shut down for most of august while phillips raised ekofisk platforms to counter seabed subsidence bp petroleum development norway ltd operator of the ula field said september output rose to bpd after dropping to bpd in august because of the shutdown valhall operated by amoco norway a s flowed bpd last month compared with bpd in august the company said september production was also sharply higher at the statfjord field norway s pct share of statfjord which extends into the british north sea sector was bpd against bpd in august operator den norske stats oljeselskap a s statoil said norway s pct share of the murchison field which like statfjord extends into the british sector yielded bpd in september a slight bpd decrease from the previous month norwegian partners on the british operated field said statoil boosted output at its gullfaks field to bpd in september compared with in august norsk hydro operator of the oseberg field said test output at the field from the mobile production ship petro jarl totalled bpd last month down sharply from bpd in august hydro said the drop was caused by failure to bring on stream a second well cutting september production to just two days reuter 
