VOL. XLVI

No 10

10-March-2003

OPEC

Swift Resumption Of Remaining Venezuelan Oil Output Capacity Seen Unlikely

The gradual increase of Venezuelan oil production due to the fading of the national strike that started in early December is unlikely to be sustained much further since oil workers brought in to replace striking or sacked PDVSA workers do not have the technical knowledge or capacity to manage production from the older, more complex fields, MEES understands from industry sources familiar...