CRUDE OIL SALES FOR FEBRUARY 2010 APPROVED

SANA'A, Dec.14 (Saba) - The Supreme Committee on Crude Oil Marketing
approved on Monday the crude oil sales for February 2010 ,with a
total quantity of 4.25 million barrels.

The committee approved to sell about 2.05 million barrels produced
in Hadramout province, al-Masila petroleum field, for the best
offered price, 83 cent increase per barrel and 2.2 million barrels
of Marib crude oil for the best offered price, 31 cent increase per
barrel.

Meanwhile, 1.6 million barrels out of the 2.2 million barrels
produced in Marib were agreed to be sold to Aden Refinery Company
for the official prices approved for February 2010.

During its meeting, the committee also reviewed the report of the
technical committee on the technical procedures related to marketing
the approved quantities of crude oil for the February round, 2010.

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