ARGENTINE OIL, GAS PRODUCTION FALL IN FEBRUARY

  Argentina's total oil and gas
  production fell 9.4 pct in February to 2.78 mln cubic metres
  from January's total of 3.11 mln cubic metres, the state oil
  company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF) reported.
      A YPF statement blamed the drop on momentary problems owing
  to the summer season but gave no further details.
      February's production figure fell slightly short of YPF's
  target figure of 2.90 mln cubic metres.
      Oil production totalled 1.76 mln cubic metres last month
  and natural gas production 1.02 mln cubic metres, down from
  1.95 and 1.15 mln cubic metres in January, respectively.
  

