FACTBOX-Oil production cost estimates by country

July 28 (Reuters) – The cost of pumping a barrel of oil out
of the ground depends on a variety of factors, including the
size and accesibility of the field.

Oil companies are often reluctant to give precise cost
information.

The following provides estimates of the cost of running a
field for OPEC members and other individual countries, obtained
from traders and industry analysts.

It also gives the International Energy Agency’s more general
assessment of costs for the oil-producing regions of the world.

Reuters