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Platts: June OPEC output of 32.73M barrels of crude per day, highest since Aug. 2008

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Venezuela acted as a check on the overall level though, as the crisis-hit country’s production continues to hit fresh lows. An internal state-owned PDVSA report seen by S&P Global Platts also showed a steep fall in oil output. If the situation persists, the case for a return to some kind of production cap may gain traction.

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PDVSA and Eni to Form Joint Ventures to Produce and Refine Heavy Crude Oil in Orinoco Region; Targeting 240,000 Barrels per Day

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Venezuela state-owned PDVSA and Italy-based Eni are finalizing a planned 60:40 joint venture to produce heavy crude oil in Junin Block 5 in the Orinoco Oil Belt in Venezuela in 2014. In early 2008 the firm Ryder Scott certified about 40 billion barrels of original oil in place on the Junin 5 block.

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