	iea says opec february  output mln bpd opec produced an average mln barrels per day bpd of  oil in february down from mln the previous month and an overall mln bpd in fourth quarter the international energy agency said a few opec countries last month exceeded the production quotas set at their last conference in december but liftings were reduced from several countries it said in its latest monthly oil market report these cutbacks were due in part to buyer resistance to fixed prices introduced from february particularly for fixed volumes over an extended period it gave this breakdown for opec  output in mln bpd fourth qtr january february saudi arabia iran iraq uae kuwait neutral zone qatar nigeria libya fourth qtr january february algeria gabon venezuela ecuador indonesia total the iea said while saudi production stayed below its quota of mln bpd actual sales might exceed output due to norbec stock disposals contracts for saudi  have been signed but it is understood they have much leeway in required liftings the report said the reduction in iraqi air attacks on iranian export facilities allowed iran s output to reach mln bpd in january but buyer resistance to fixed prices apparently cut february production it said iraqi exports are about mln bpd through the turkish pipeline mln by truck through jordan and mln via the saudi pipeline to yanbu internal consumption is some mln bpd the iea estimated total non communist world oil supply in february at mln bpd down from mln in january and mln in the fourth quarter the february world supply figure is made up of mln bpd opec  production mln bpd opec natural gas liquids ngls mln bpd oecd  and ngls mln bpd other developing countries  and ngls net trade of mln bpd with centrally planned economies mln bpd of non conventional s such as tar sands and oil from coal and mln bpd from processiing gains within the oecd preliminary norwegian data show record mln bpd output in january with lower production expected in february in accordance with government curtailments of approximately bpd announced in support of opec reuter 
