Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Iranian crude oil production exceeds 2.5 million bpd in March 2023

Iranian crude oil production was reported at 2.567 million barrels per day (bpd) for March 2023, it was 8,000 bpd less than the figure for the previous month, according to OPEC’s latest monthly report.

According to OPEC data, daily production by the members of the organization also decreased by 86,000 bpd in the said month as compared to February 2023.

In March this year, the price of Iranian heavy crude oil registered a 3.8% decline to US$78.8 per barrel.

According to the report, the country’s average heavy crude price was US$80.67 from the beginning of 2023 up to the report’s publishing day, as compared to US$97.55 in the previous year’s same period.

OPEC Basket prices also declined 4.2% or US$3.43 to US$78.45 a barrel in March 2023.

Iran’s oil production in 2022 increased by 7% as compared to the previous year, according to OPEC’s first monthly report released in 2023.

Based on the OPEC data, Iran produced 2.554 million bpd of crude oil in 2022 that was 162,000 bpd more than the figure for 2021, when the output was reported at 2.392 million bpd.

Citing secondary sources, the report put Iranian crude output for December 2022 at 2.574 million bpd indicating a 9,000-bpd increase compared to the figure for November.

The country’s heavy crude oil price also increased by US$30.12 in 2022 to register a 43% rise as compared to year 2021, according to OPEC.

Iran sold its heavy crude oil at US$99.92 per barrel on average in the mentioned year, as compared to 2021 when the average price was US$69.8 per barrel.

In the last month of 2022, the average price of Iranian heavy oil was reported at US$79.11, which was lesser by US$9.62 as compared to the previous month.

 

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