Production was expected to be around 4.090 million barrels of oil equivalent per day during the fourth quarter, up 4.0 percent from the same period in 2003, BP said in a trading update to the London Stock Exchange. BP added that fourth-quarter group costs were expected to be around 250 million dollars (191 million euros) more than during the third quarter in part due to higher exploration write-offs and Hurricane Ivan, which damaged oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico last September. BP was to publish its final full-year results on February 8. PIN//AFP