Oman’s oil and condensates production rose 4.9 percent in May from the previous month to 931,955 barrels a day, the highest in nine years, the Oil and Gas Ministry said in a monthly report.

Daily oil exports in May averaged 711,779 barrels a day, the report said. China was the largest importer of Omani oil at 49.6 percent, according to the report.

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