* Norway gas exports total 280 mcm/d * Deliveries to Britain at 50 mcm/d OSLO, July 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian pipeline gas exports toEurope rose 12.5 percent on Monday morning compared withFriday's levels as production was ramped up over the weekend. Deliveries to continental Europe and Britain were at 280million cubic metres (mcm) by 0951 GMT, up from Friday's averageof 249 mcm, data from gas system operator Gassco showed. Exports to Britain, Europe's most traded gas market, gainedto 50 mcm from 36 mcm, as flows through its main subsea gasimport route, the Langeled pipeline, rose to 22 mcm from 8 mcm. Norway exports to the UK were reduced on Friday due to anoutage at Royal Dutch Shell's Nyhamna gas plant, whichfeeds the Langeled, and Norway's Statoil also had itsoutput cut. On Monday, Norwegian gas flows to continental Europe firmedto 230 mcm from 213 mcm, mostly due to stronger combined flowsto the Netherlands and Germany, which stood at 147 mcm versus130 mcm on Friday. Supplies to France and Belgium were steady at 44 mcm and 39mcm, respectively. Norway's export figures are based on gas fed into the systemat a certain time and calculated to a daily average. Volumes canvary throughout the day as producers adjust the amount of gasthey pump. Following is a summary of spot price settlements at Europeangas trading hubs: Gas hub June 27 June 28 NBP 24.9/62.2 25.3/63.6 TTF 25.9 26.0 NCG 26.0 26.2 Gaspool 26.0 26.2 Zeebrugge 25.4 25.7 Peg Nord 26.2 26.2 Peg Sud 26.3 27.9 Oil-indexed price 37.26/92.18 36.69/91.78 NOTE: Prices are in euros per megawatt-hour, except for NBP andoil-indexed prices, which are given in pence per therm. Theoil-indexed price is a monthly estimate by Thomson Reuters PointCarbon and can vary due to day-to-day currency fluctuations. (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Jeff Coelho)
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