Herewith the new quotas released Thursday for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries following OPEC's decision this week to raise production by 500,000 barrels a day.
Country barrels/day on October 1, 2000 from October 31
Algeria 836,600 852,600
Indonesia 1,358,600 1.384,600
Iran 3,843,800 3,916,800
Kuwait 2,101,000 2,141,000
Libya 1,404,200 1,431,200
Nigeria 2,156,600 2,197,600
Qatar 678,800 691,800
Saudi Arabia 8,512,200 8,674,200
United Arab Emirates 2,289,400 2,333,400
Venezuela 3,018,800 3,076,800
Total: 26,200,000 26,700,000
Iraq, which has been under an international embargo since it invaded Kuwait in 1990, is not included in the OPEC quotas.—AFP.
©--Agence France Presse.
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