Venezuelan daily oil output nearly 1 mln barrels - striking PDVSA managers
CARACAS (AFX) - The nation's crude oil is close to 1 mln barrels per day (bpd), striking managers of the Petroleos de Venezuela SA state oil firm said on Saturday.
"Oil production... rose to 957,000 bpd or about 29 pct of the daily production before the strike started," the group said in a statement.
The government has put the figure at more than 1 mln bpd, saying most of the production was being exported.
The opposition statement said the country was refining 180,000 barrels a day, or 14 pct of normal levels.
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