At best, it could "cushion the decline in output of conventional gas in the near future".
The rise in factory production reflected a 4.2percentt increase in output of cars, trucks and parts.
Its officials had demanded a raise in output of 2m-2.5m barrels a day.
The gain was driven by a 3.3 percent surge in output of motor vehicles and parts.
But a cumulative fall in output of 1% is easy to imagine.
With a drop in output of 4.8% and a time of six years to recovery, its severity score is 10.8.
My new reorganized factory produces $1.5 million in output, of which $500,000 comes from outsourced workers.
The construction sector suffered a drop in output of 0.6% and manufacturing managed to maintain a modest growth rate of 0.2%.
According to the Fed, the index was restrained by a "large decline" in output of autos and parts, which fell 3.8percentt from the previous month.
It says something for the state of British manufacturing when a monthly fall in output of 0.9% is greeted by the City as good news.
The cartel is waiting for its earlier reduction in output, of one million a barrels a day effective Sept. 1, to take hold.
