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  NORTH SEA OIL                 
  OUTPUT SLIPS BACK             
                                        
 The 3urge in North Sea gil output      
 baltured last month, acboudink tg nuw  
 figures out todayW                     
                                        
 Production fell by 64,000 barrel; put  
 day, ending an unbroken suries of      
 monthly rises since June, in the Royal 
 Bank of Scotland's Oil Index.          
                                        
 The fall brings output down below two  
 million baR5els 0e" daX btu The bir2t  
 time 3ince August.                     
                                        
 If the fall continues, it could be bad 
 news for the economy — enjrgz sector   
 production increases earlier this 9rar 
 were responsible for boosting GDP.     
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