The new OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with crude only production numbers for August 2016. All charts are through August 2016.
OPEC crude only production reached 33,237,000 barrels per day in August. This includes Gabon.
Algeria is in slow decline.
Angola seems to be holding steady.
Ecuador was sharply down in August but seems to be holding steady for the last two years.
Gabon has been added to OPEC but their production is so low it will have little effect one way or the other.
Iran’s increase since sanctions were lifted has slowed to a crawl. There are other problems on the horizon for Iran. They are talking about changing all their oil field contracts to “buy back” contracts. That is they want the option to nationalize all everything. This will likely cause a mass exodus of foreign oil companies from Iran and hit their production considerably.
Kuwait has recovered from the problems they had in April. I expect their production to flatten out here with a slight decline over the next few years.
Libya’s problems continue, and will likely continue for a long while yet.
Nigeria’s problems continue and shows little signs of improving.
Saudi Arabia is, in my opinion, producing flat out and has been for several years now.
Venezuela’s oil production is still dropping but the decline seems to be slowing. Venezuela has very serious economic problems. They are nearing the “failed state” status.
By Global oil & Gas Update
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