Oil Production Up 2.4%, Gas – 0.7% in Jan-Sept
October 3, 2005
MOSCOW. Oct 3 (Interfax) – Oil and gas condensate production in Russia in January-September 2005 amounted to 349.45 million tonnes, up 2.4% year-on-year. According to the Industry and Energy Ministry, in September Russia produced 38.99 million tonnes of crude.
Exports of Russian oil in the reporting period fell 1.2% to 188.43 million tonnes. Exports last month amounted to 20.389 million tonnes.
Gas production in the first nine months of the year amounted to 468.93 bcm, up 0.7% year-on-year, including 47.2 bcm in September.
Gas exports in January-September amounted to 113.53 bcm, up 7.4% year-on-year.