Norway’s Troll Gas Expansion Buys Europe Time—But Not New Supply
Norway has started production from the second stage of the Troll Phase 3 development, accelerating 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the Troll West reservoir and helping sustain high gas deliveries to Europe from one of the continent’s most important energy assets. Production began on Augu
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Norway raised Troll's output target by 6 billion cubic meters — which sounds substantial until you note that Europe imported 170 bcm annually from Russia before 2022. This is a capacity bump to keep existing flows stable as older Norwegian fields decline, not a rescue. The Strait closure has knocked 17% of global oil supply offline for 133 days; no gas field expansion in the North Sea changes that arithmetic.