VOL. XLVI

No 14

07-April-2003

OPEC

Text Box: Contents Include:   ENERGY (A)   Iraq’s Ceyhan, Syria Exports Dwindle, 8 Jordan Gets Saudi/Kuwaiti Oil Aid, 8 Russia Determined On Iraqi Fields, 8 Shell Restarts Soroush Field, 11 Israel To Check Haifa Pipeline Status, 12 EU Welcomes OPEC Stabilizing Role, 13 Venezuela Opposition Oil Report, 13 Oil Prices Soften On War End Hopes, 14 QP/ExxonMobil In N Field Project, 19 BG Starts Up At Scarab/Saffron, 19 Saudi Aramco Makes New Oil Find, 21 Ratqa/Abdali Production Back Up, 22 Lundin To Resume Sudan Work, 22 Turkmenistan/Iran On Caspian, 22   FINANCE (B)   Jordan Announces Emergency Budget,1 Lebanon Mulls New Tax Measures, 3 Egypt Banking Under Pressure, 5 New FDI Rules In Kuwait, 7   POLITICS (C)   At The Gates Of Baghdad, 1 Rumsfeld Accuses Syria and Iran, 1 Powell Mends Fences With Turkey, 2   Arab Press Review, 3   OP ED & DOCUMENTS (D)   Fee On Russian Oil Firms In Iraq, 1 UN Resolution 1472 Text, 5    

Venezuelan Opposition Says Crude Production At 2.52Mn B/D At End-March

Venezuela oil production was running at a rate of 2.52mn b/d in late March, according to an authoritative consolidated report on Venezuelas oil sector issued by the Venezuelan opposition and obtained by MEES. This represents some 77% of pre-strike production capacity of 3.28mn b/d, according to the report. PDVSA production stands at 820,000 b/d in the western sector, 1.14mn b/d in the eastern...