In 2005 North Dakota produced a total of about 100, 000 barrels of oil per day, while today thedailyoutput is running at 250, 000 barrels from the Bakken deposit alone.
Rather than build a new factory elsewhere, the firm has tried to squeeze the most out of its existing investment at Betim: total dailyoutput from the factory reached a record of 2, 345 cars in April this year (of which almost 1, 500 were Palios), up from only 750 a day in 1991.