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Saudi oil exports rose to 7.79 bpd in August

Published October 20, 2013 Updated October 20, 2013 02:42pm

KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia increased its oil exports by 325,000 barrels a day (bpd) in August compared with July to 7.795 million bpd, the latest official data published by the Joint Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Sunday.

The world's largest oil exporter produced 10.19 million bpd of crude, up 156,000 bpd from July, official Saudi government data available through the JODI website showed.