December production17 Jan 2023 07:18
Production report for December 2022
Oslo, 17 January 2023
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| | December 2022 | November 2022 |
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| Operated | Boepd (1) | Bopd (2) | Boepd (1) | Bopd (2) |
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| Colombia | 811 | 549 | 923 | 580 |
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| Argentina (3) | 2,235 | 422 | 2,261 | 409 |
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| Total operated | 3,046 | 971 | 3,184 | 989 |
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| Total equity | 690 | 384 | 764 | 402 |
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(1) Barrels of oil equivalents per day (includes liquid and gas)
(2) Barrels of oil per day (represents only liquids)
(3) Operated by Selva Maria Oil on behalf of IOX until local authorities
approve operator's licence.
[boepd]: barrels of oil equivalents per day (includes liquid and gas)
[Operated]: 100% field production operated by Interoil
[Equity] : Interoil's share production net of royalties.
Comments
In December 2022, the average daily operated production from fields in Argentina
and Colombia combined decreased by 137 boepd when compared with the previous
month. November and December production has seen a reduction in output explained
by a combination of downhole lifting equipment failure and operational issues in
Argentina, especially in the Santa Cruz operation. This was related to workers
demand resulting in more than 20 days of union strike. Fortunately, union demand
was solved, and field operation is slowly returning back to normal.
In Argentina, reduced production was recorded in the Santa Cruz fields due to
gas compression units' failures. Repairs took longer than expected due to the
union strike situation. Output is now coming back to its pre-strike rate.