Iran has been recognized as the second major oil exporter of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Iranian OPEC Governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi says. The volume of Iran's oil exports reached 2,583,000 barrels per day in 2010, which makes the country OPEC's second major exporter after Saudi Arabia, Khatibi said on Wednesday. The Iranian official added that by exporting 2,464 million barrels per day in 2010, Nigeria is OPEC's third major oil exporter, Shana reported. Khatibi said Iran is the world's third major oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and Russia. Iran has the world's second-largest crude reserves after Saudi Arabia and the second-largest gas reserves after Russia./-