STAVANGER, Norway, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Norway's oil and gasoutput will be higher than previously expected in 2017 and 2018following above-forecast output last year, the NorwegianPetroleum Directorate (NPD) predicted on Thursday.
At the same time the regulator cut its forecast for theindustry's investments in 2017 and said it would continue todecline in 2018 before a predicted rebound the following year.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik andStine Jacobsen)