Aker BP expects oil output to surge as Sverdrup field gets into swing

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Aker BP beat fourth-quarter profit forecasts on Tuesday and said it expects its oil and gas output to jump 36% in 2020, the first full year of production from the giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield.Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said the company planned to continue to grow both via acquisitions and by discovering and developing new oil and gas finds off Norway. However, he said it was losing faith in the prospects of the Barents Sea in the Arctic, once seen as the most..