Mexico 2008 crude output falls 9.2%, exports off 16.8%

摘要

Mexico City-Mexico's crude production last year averaged 2.799 million b/d, 9.2% less than in 2007, and exports fell by 16.8% to 1.403 million b/d, state Pemex said January 21.Pemex's crude production was hit in 2008 by a sharp decline in output from the Cantarell complex in the Sound of Campeche, bad weather and "operational factors," the company said in a statement.