VOL. XXXIII

NO. 20

19 FEBRUARY 1990

Iran

Iranian Crude Production Falls to 2.5mn B/D in January

According to data from MEES sources, Iran's crude oil ex- ports amounted to1.752mn b/d in January 1990, a decrease of 322,000 b/d below the December 1989figure of 2.074mn b/d. Most of the reduction was accounted for by a 306,000 b/ddrop in exports of Iranian Heavy crude from 1.103mn b/d in December to 797,000b/d in January.

Allowing for current domestic refining throughput of around 750,000 b/d,Iran's...