PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST OIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000200080009-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2000/08/30 : CIA- P R000200080009-4
PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST OIL
SOME OIL STATISTICS
Before nationalization Iran's daily production averaged some
600,000 barrels. At present principal Arab states are producing:
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
870,000 barrels a day
850,000
540,000
Arab crude production
1952
1949
(barrels-per year)
(barrels per year)
Saudi Arabia
301,861,000
179,008,000
Kuwait
273,439,000
90,000,000
Iraq
140,663,000
30,957,000
Qatar
25,249,000
750,000
Egypt
16,373,000
-15,997,000
Bahrein
11,004,000
10,985,000
(Iran
7,777,000
204,712,000)
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