VOL. XLII

No. 21

24-May-1999

QATAR

Qatar Production Averaged 686,000 B/D In 1998, Says CSFB/JPMCircular

Qatars production of crude oil averaged approximately686,000 b/d in 1998 and the value of its exports of crude oil for the year wasaround $2.157bn, according to a preliminary offering circular published aboutQatar by Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. onthe occasion of issuing a $1bn sovereign bond for Qatar (MEES 17 May).Also in 1998, Qatar produced an average of...