VOL. XXXIV

NO. 7

19 NOVEMBER 1990

Iran

Iran's Crude Production Plunges in October

According to data from MEES sources, Iran's crude oil exports averaged2.020mn b/d in October, down 701,000 b/d from the September figure of 2.721mnb/d. Allowing for domestic refining throughput of 800,000 b/d and a further180,000 b/d, mainly of Froozan and Lavan offshore crude which was loaded ontotankers in the Gulf during October but which had remained unsold and by the endof the month had not yet moved from the...