VOL. XLII

No 45

8-November-1999

BAHRAIN

Oil And Gas Production Showed Little Change In 1998

Bahrain痴 crude oil production in 1998 totaled 13.75mnbarrels, averaging 37,674 b/d, a fall of 2.9% compared with the previous year,according to the Annual Report of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA).Imports of crude piped from Saudi Arabia and processed at the Bahrain PetroleumCompany (Bapco) refinery at Sitra totaled 77mn barrels (211,093 b/d) during thesame period, a fall of 0.6% over 1997.

Bahrain also...