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Show The Sait I.ake Tribune. Friday January Problems Continue to Halt Iran Oil By Robert H Reid Associated Irest Writer Oil exports from Iran TEHRAN, Iran are shut off by a complex mixture of political and technical factors that sources say make it impossible to predict when the vital fuel shipments will resume. Industry sources who asked not to be identified said there is no guarantee Iran will ever produce the 6 million barrels of oil a day that made it the worlds second largest exporter after Saudi Arabia 'There are many people who are talking about production levels of perhaps 4 million barrels a day," one source said. Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, echoing the wishes of the Paris-base- d religious opposition leader, Ayatullah Kho maini, told Parliament Thursdaj that Iran will halt deliveries of oil to South Africa and Israel, both of which rely heavily on this troubled nation for their fuel supplies. Racial Segregation Policy He said oil sales to South Africa would be stopped because of that country's policy of racial segregation. Oil to Israel will be shut off, he said, because "the Iranian nation has always shown its unity with the Arab brothers and has always supported the rights of the Palestinian people. Although they are not most Iranians are Moslems, Arabs, and Iran has continued to export oil to the Jewish state despite the conflict. About 6 percent of American oil imports come from Iran, and a significant reduction in Iranian exports would affeet prices in the United States Arab-Israe- li Doubling Mexico Imports Energy Ministry spokesman Saul Galai said Israel would get by without Iranian oil because of a UR. promise to supply oil tothe Jew ish state for five years but that "we will have to adapt One source said Israel was ourselves. doubling oil imports from Mexico In Johannesburg. a special South African committee met to consider Bakhtiars statement and there were reports the panel considered voluntary fuel rationing to conserve oil. Oil buyers reportedly have been sent to other nations to find alternative fuel sources. In Tel Aviv, Israeli Japan Draws on Reserves Tokyo, government spokesman In Keiiehi Hondo said Japan, which gets of its oil from Iran, will be forced to draw on Its oil reserves and that an Iranian cutoff could be "disastrous Iran halted oil exports Dec 26 after a three-mont- h strike by workers opposed to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahiavi forced production below the 900,000 barrels a day needed during winter months for domestic markets. Production plunged after the Dec one-fift- h 23 murdt r in Ahwar "f American , 12, 1979 oil exeentne Pan! Grimm and an Iranian oil official That triggered an exodus of foreign workers from the oilfields and widespread resignations among frightened Iranians. Only Domestic Needs Khomam. leader of the nations dominant Shiite Moslem sect, has said oil workers may return to work but only to produce enough fuel for domestic needs. His emissary, oil engineer and human rights activist Mchdi Bazargan, apparently has persuaded most workers to return to their jobs, although production is still below 300.000 barrels a day. Iran is losing $60 million daily because of the halt in exports. One source said negotiations with and the workers on resuming exports must wait until domestic shortages of gasoline and heating fuels have eased. But producing enough fuel for domestic needs is not as easy as it sounds, the sources said. Kho-mai- Storage Space Packing Refineries cannot begin cranking out enough gasoline, kerosene and heating oil desperately needed by Iranians unless storage space isavailable for products for which there is little domestic demand. Chief among these is the heavy, residual oil used for powering steam generators and by oil tankers as fuel Storage tanks in Abadan, site of the worlds largest refinery, are jammed with 10 million barrels of this fuel, the sources said GET HERE EARLY RENT PIANO! 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