Monthly export figures are provided by Riyadh and other Opec members to the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (Jodi), which published them on its website on Tuesday.

After the kingdom pumped a record high 10.673 million bpd in July due to summer demand and requests from customers, its August output dropped to 10.630 million bpd.

Crude oil used to generate power rose 42,000 bpd in August to 739,000 bpd.

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