UAE To Add 200,000 B/D by End of This Year - Oil Minister

Wednesday, Jun 13, 2012

By Hassan Hafidh

VIENNA--The United Arab Emirates is planning to increase its production by the end of this year, the country's oil minister said Wednesday.

"We are planning to add 200,000 barrels a day by the end of this year to our current production," oil minister Mohammad Al-Hamli said in Vienna where the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are meeting Thursday.

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