VOL. XXXIII

NO.18

5-FEBRUARY-1990

General

Soviet Oil Production Declines 340,000 B/D in 1989

MEES learns from authoritative sources that the Soviet Union's crude oilproduction decreased by 2.72% in 1989, from 624mn tons (12.48mn b/d ) in 1988 to607mn tons (12.14mn b/d), a fall of 17mn tons (340,000 b/d). Domestic productionis expected to decline even further this year because of logistical problems asa result of the civil unrest in the republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, wheresome two-thirds of...