First half improvements for Oil Search

ASX-listed Oil Search has reported a 38% increase in production during the first half of 2019, as operations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) recovered following an earthquake in 2018.

Total oil production in the six months to June reached 14.1-million barrels of oil equivalent, compared with the 10.2-million barrels delivered in the first half of 2018, with production in the quarter ended June reaching 6.9-million barrels of oil equivalent.