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Exxon to double or triple number of wells in Iraq's West Qurna.
With a current output production of 200,000 to 250,000 barrels per day, Exxon Mobil and its partner Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to drill new wells in Iraq's West Qurna to boost production to 2.325 mln barrels per day.
read more... 28/09/2010
Angola – surpassing its OPEC quota.
Oil minister Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos was quoted by local news agency declaring that Angola is extracting more than its OPEC quota. The Angolan official said that they’re producing 1.9 million barrels of oil per day even though they admit the output target set by OPEC is 1.656 million bpd, and still, industry sources say that it is even lower, at 1.52 million bpd.
read more... 27/09/2010
United Arab Emirates to increase production capacity.
The United Arab Emirates declared that, they currently have a production capacity of 2.7 million barrels per day and are planning to increase the capacity to 3.5 million bpd. As a lot of multinational companies have large stakes in concessions in this country, the UAE relies on these to make it possible.
read more... 23/09/2010
Oil production in Norway dropped in August
Oil production in Norway dropped on average from 1.800 million barrels in July to 1.619 million barrels per day in August, as stated by Norwegian Petroleum Directorate on Friday.
read more... 13/09/2010
U.S. crude inventories increase more than estimated
Last week, US crude inventories increased by 4.8 million barrels, much more than estimated, or 1.1 million barrels, whilst the stocks of the products dropped, as stated by American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday.
read more... 02/09/2010