Platts: OPEC Pumps 29.57 MMbpd in June

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) pumped an average 29.57 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in June, an increase of 530,000 barrels per day as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) boosted production, a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts showed July 8. In May, OPEC production was 29.04 million bpd.