VOL. XLIII

No. 10

6-March-2000

EUROPE

Wood Mackenzie Expects North Sea Production To Rise Slightly This Year

Northwest Europes crude oil production is expected to reach a new annual average peak of 6.46mn b/d in 2000, according to Wood Mackenzie Consultants. Yet the regions total output will increase by only 307,000 b/d over the 1999 average, says the analyst, as production from new fields is almost cancelled out by declining output in the regions aging giant fields.

In its 2000 North West Europe...