Mexico oil output, exports fall in Jan-July period

MEXICO CITY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Mexico's crude oil production dropped 10 percent in the first seven months of 2008 to an average of 2.845 million barrels per day (bpd), state-owned energy monopoly Pemex said on Thursday.

Pemex said in a release that crude oil exports in the January-July period dropped 16.3 percent to an average of 1.443 million bpd. (Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz; Editing by David Gregorio)