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Friday, October 24, 2008

OPEC Agrees to First Crude Production Cut in Two Years (Table)

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By Ben Farey

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following table lists the agreed production cuts announced today by OPEC's member states. The figures are in barrels a day.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to lower supply by 1.5 million barrels a day from November, oil ministers said today at the end of a meeting at the group's Vienna's headquarters. The reduction will be from the existing quota for 11 members of 28.808 million barrels a day.


                          Production Cut

Algeria 71,000
Angola 99,000
Ecuador 27,000
Iran 199,000
Kuwait 132,000
Libya 89,000
Nigeria 113,000
Qatar 43,000
Saudi Arabia 466,000
U.A.E. 134,000
Venezuela 129,000

TOTAL 1,500,000

To contact the reporter on this story: Ben Farey in London at bfarey@bloomberg.net




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