TEHRAN Dec 06 (Shana): On the sidelines of OPEC ministerial meeting in Vienna, Iranian minister of petroleum Bijan Zanganeh met some European oil companies� managers.
Responding to reporter�s questions in Vienna, Zanganeh said he had met on Thursday with Shell, Eni, Vitol and OMV officials.


On a question pertaining to falling oil production from Iran�s oil fields, Zanganeh said: if we do noting normally oil production will decrease about 300 to 350 thousand barrels each year.


On enhancing recovery rate [from Iran�s oil fields], he noted that the rate of recovery depends on the technology being used.
�On enhancing recovery rate, we have given priority to shared oil fields and mega oil fields including Ahwaz, BiBi Hakimeh, Agha Jari, Maroun, Forouzan, Salman and Sirri�, Zanganeh told reporters.


OPEC�s 164th ministerial meeting held in Vienna on Wednesday deciding to keep oil production ceiling steady at 30 million barrels per day. It also extended El-Badri�s tenure as OPEC secretary general for another one year to December 2014.�


By SHANA





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