VOL. XXXI

NO. 10

14-DECEMBER-1987

IRAQ

Iraq Produces 2.83mn b/d in November

Mr. Issam al-Chalabi, the Iraqi Oil Minister, told the Iraqi NationalAssembly (Parliament) on 7 December that his country produced an average of2.83mn b/d in November, compared to an annual average of 1.828mn b/d during1986. The Iraqi official also told the legislative assembly that Iraq's exportcapacity will increase in September 1989 by 1.15mn b/d, when the second phaseSaudi-Iraqi (IPSA-2) pipeline opens.