The International Energy Agency expects Mexico's oil production to drop at least 7% this year, after a 9% decline in 2008, because productivity of its main Cantarell oil field continues to plummet.

国际能源署(International Energy Agency)预计，墨西哥的石油产量继2008年下降9%后，今年至少还将下降7%，因为其主要油田Cantarell的生产率继续在大幅下挫。

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As Pemex's giant Cantarell field continues its steep decline, Mexico's oil output is falling.

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The Cantarell field in Mexico, which produced 2.1 million barrels per day in 2003, produced just 400, 000 barrels last month, a staggering decline of more than 80% in just nine years.

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In the past year production at Cantarell, Mexico's big offshore field, has fallen by a third, to 1 million barrels a day.

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