	soviet oil output target at mln tonnes the soviet oil production target for has been set at mln tonnes a rise of eight mln tonnes over this year s planned output oil minister vasily dinkov announced the figure on tuesday at the supreme soviet the country s nominal parliament he said a new development strategy fuller use of oil deposits and better housing and pay for oilmen had allowed an upsurge in the oil industry after three years of stagnation which began in late last year the soviet union produced mln tonnes of oil slightly short of the target of mln january september figures released at the weekend showed soviet oil output in the first nine months of this year at mln tonnes the target is million dinkov said the soviet union would develop new oil deposits in the coming year he called for speedier geolog prospecting across the country to spur the oil industry the supreme soviet convened on monday to endorse the budget and plan the session is expected to end on tuesday reuter 
