VOL. XXXV

NO. 30

27-APRIL-1992

Iraqi Tests Put Production Capacity At 2.3mn B/D

MEES is reliably informed that tests carried out recently on variousoilfields in Iraq have confirmed the country's current oil production capacityat 2.3mn b/d, comprising 800,000 b/d from the northern fields and 1.5mn b/d fromthe southern fields. Iraq's actual production before the invasion of Kuwait inAugust 1990 stood at 3.2mn b/d. In addition, Iraqi teams conducted successfultests in late March on the two 45-km.,...