OSLO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Norway's crude oil output
slipped in January from the previous month, missing official
forecast, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate (NPD) showed on Tuesday.
Crude oil output eased to 1.75 million barrels per day (bpd)
in January from 1.77 million bpd in December, missing a forecast
of 1.78 million bpd, the NPD said.
Natural gas output also declined slightly to 356.8 million
cubic metres (mcm) per day in January from 360.3 mcm per day in
December, but exceeded a forecast of 343.4 mcm per day, it
added.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Gwladys Fouche)
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