	venezuela says opec oil output ver mln bpd caracas oct the current opec oil production is above mln barrels per day bpd and this level threatens the precarious equilibrium of the of oil market venezuelan energy and mines minister arturo hernandez grisanti said on monday he told reporters three or four countries out of opec s members were mainly responsible for the overproduction but declined to identify them opec s production ceiling for the second half of is mln bpd the venezuelan minister said opec s production reached a peak this year when it went over mln bpd in august hernandez grisanti together with the oil ministers of nigeria and indonesia met the heads of state of six mideast gulf countries earlier this month to urge opec members to comply with assigned production quotas he said some of the countries which were complying as venezuela indonesia libya algeria ecuador saudi arabia and iran hernandez declined to say whether the three or four countries he said were overproducing bordered the mideast gulf reuter 
