VOL. XL

No. 49

8-December-1997

OPEC

OPEC's Production and Supply Data

The table below shows well-head production and supply figures communicated directly bymember countries to the OPEC Secretariat for the months of August, September and October1997 (figures in thousand b/d). Under OPEC rules, quota compliance is assessed on supplyfigures rather than well-head production. Supply, as defined by OPEC, is calculated as:domestic consumption, plus net export sales of crude oil and refined products,...