1. August OPEC Production: Output Falls For First Time In Six Months

    ...n b/d above the 30mn b/d output ceiling in place since December 2011, and close to 2.4mn b/d above what the IEA has estimated as global demand for Opec crude in 2015. The biggest individual decrease in August came in Iraq, which along with Saudi Arabia has been one of the main drivers of Opec’s pr...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 04 Sep 2015
  2. OPEC Output Continues Rise As African Volumes Recover

    ...mn b/d target, which has been in place since December 2011. MEES estimates put total OPEC output at 30.68mn b/d for August, up 260,000 b/d from a downwardly revised 30.42mn b/d in July (see table), despite production slowdowns in the group’s two biggest producers, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. OPEC ou...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 05 Sep 2014
  3. OPEC Holds Steady Despite Libya Nightmare

    ...e worst disruption to the country’s oil industry since the 2011 civil war.   Libyan output continued its slide last month, as armed groups, security guards and oil workers with tribal loyalties worked together to shut down a host of key pipelines and oil ports across the country. Production av...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 36
    Published at Fri, 06 Sep 2013