24.07.2014 - Iran slips to 8-th spot as OPEC's oil exporter
Iran's crude oil export dropped by 42.2 percent to 1.25 million barrels in 2013. According to the OPEC's Annual Bulletin, released on July 19, Iran's crude oil export was 2.537 million barrels per day in 2011, before the West imposed tough sanctions on Iran. The crude oil in OPEC statistics includes a mixture of hydrocarbons that exist in a liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric, then it consists of crude oil, gas condensate, NGLs, etc. Before sanctions took effect in mid-2012, Iran was both the second major oil exporter and producer of OPEC...............................................Full Article: Source
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