Equinor says Arctic Castberg oilfield producing at peak capacity

COPENHAGEN, June 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab said on Friday its Johan Castberg oilfield in the Arctic Barents Sea was producing at peak capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day.
Equinor restarted production at the field last month after repairs following an outage earlier in May.

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