VOL. XXXV

NO. 32

11 MAY 1992

Iran

Iranian Output Drops Sharply in April

According to data from MEES sources, Iran's crude oil exports registered asharp drop of 278,000 b/d in April, averaging 2.20mn b/d as compared with2.478mn b/d in March. The decline in exports in April is understood to have beenattributable to loss of loading time at the Kharg Island terminal due to badweather conditions; on at least three days - 9, 14 and 24 April - no loadingoperations at all were possible.

Allowing for...