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<REUTERS TOPICS="YES" LEWISSPLIT="TRAIN" CGISPLIT="TRAINING-SET" OLDID="12891" NEWID="708">
 <DATE>2-MAR-1987 14:49:06.33</DATE>
 <TOPICS>
  <D>crude</D>
  <D>nat-gas</D>
 </TOPICS>
 <PLACES>
  <D>argentina</D>
 </PLACES>
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 <ORGS/>
 <EXCHANGES/>
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 <TEXT>
  <TITLE>ARGENTINE OIL PRODUCTION DOWN IN JANUARY 1987</TITLE>
  <DATELINE>BUENOS AIRES, March 2 -</DATELINE>
  <BODY>Argentine crude oil production was
down 10.8 pct in January 1987 to 12.32 mln barrels, from 13.81
mln barrels in January 1986, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
said.
    January 1987 natural gas output totalled 1.15 billion cubic
metrers, 3.6 pct higher than 1.11 billion cubic metres produced
in January 1986, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales added.
 Reuter</BODY>
 </TEXT>
</REUTERS>
