Ecuador
is
Opec's
smallest
member
and
last
year
its
average
output
reached
500,378
bpd,
up
from
486,014
bpd
in
2010.
"We
were
more
optimistic
at
the
start
of
the
year.
This
year
we'll
reach
a
production
level
of
510,000
bpd
...
Next
year
we
see
production
at
530,000
bpd"
Peru’s
energy
minister,
Wilson
Pastor,
said
in
a
message
posted
on
the
social
networking
site,
Twitter.
He
said
the
Andean
country
should
be
able
to
produce
520,000
bpd
by
the
end
of
2012
and
that
the
output
increase
would
come
mainly
from
the
Sacha…
