| The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.26 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in October, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released. This is a 210,000 b/d decline from the September level of 32.47 million b/d.
Excluding Iraq, production from the 12 members hitherto bound by output agreements fell by 220,000 b/d, to 29.96 million b/d from 30.18 million b/d, the survey showed.
When Indonesia, which will leave OPEC at year end is also excluded, the survey shows a 210,000 b/d drop in production from the so-called OPEC-11, to 29.11 million b/d in October from the previous month's 29.32 million b/d..... Full Press Release: Source
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