Iran oil production at 3.8 mln bpd -SHANA

Iran oil production
Iran oil production has doubled since February after sanctions were lifted. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo.

Iran oil production more than doubled since February

DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) – Iran’s crude oil production has reached 3.8 million barrels per day (bpd), the oil minister said on Tuesday, noting that Tehran has managed to export more than 2 million barrels per day after the lifting of sanctions.

“Iran’s oil exports have doubled since February,” Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying by oil ministry news agency SHANA in an address to members of the parliament.

(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by Jason Neely)