VOL. XXXIII

NO. 16

22 JANUARY 1990

Iran

Iranian Crude Output Estimated at 2.8mn B/D for December

According to data from MEES sources, Iran's crude oil exports amounted to2.074mn b/d in December, a decrease of 11,000 b/d below the November figure of2.085mn b/d.

Allowing for current domestic refining throughput of around 750,000 b/d,Iran's crude oil production in December is estimated to have totaled 2.824mnb/d. This is 102,000 b/d below Iran's OPEC quota (2.926mn b/d) for the fourthquarter.

The...