Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 51/52

20/27-December-2004

CASPIAN

Caspian Crude Output Shows Marginal Gain During First Nine Months Of 2004

Aggregate crude production in the Caspian Sea states of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan showed output growing slightly during the first nine months of 2004 as compared with the entire year of 2003, according to information supplied to MEES by Moscow-based RPI Inc. Crude production averaged 1.66mn b/d during the first three quarters of the year...