/REUTERS, Almaty, June 16, 08/ - Production of oil with gas condensate grew by 6.6 % in January-May of 2008, compared to the similar period of 2007, and made 29.728 m. tons, the Statistics Agency informed on Monday.

Within January - May of 2007 oil production with gas condensate made 27.875 m. tons.

OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

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                                May    April  January-
                               2008     2008  May 2008
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OIL (m. tones)                4.972    4.852    24.297
To the previous month in %     +2.5     -5.6         -
To the previous year in %      +9.5     +5.0      +7.2
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GAS CONDENSATE (th. tons)*  1.086.9  1.045.4   5.430.7
To the previous month in %     +4.0    -10.7         -
To the previous year in %      +2.1     -6.1      +4.2
--------------------------  -------  -------  --------
NATURAL GAS gross issue
(m. cubic meters)           2.973.8  2.851.3  14.450.5
To the previous month in %     +4.3     -7.3         -
To the previous year in %     +18.0    +12.7     +16.1
--------------------------  -------  -------  --------
PETROL (th. tons)             242.9    226.7   1.151.3
To the previous month in %     +7.1     -4.0         -
To the previous year in %      +3.4    -12.8      -1.1
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GAS-OIL (th. tons)            437.8    394.8   1.923.7
To the previous month in %    +10.9     -0.8         -
To the previous year in %      +9.3     +1.8      +5.0
--------------------------  -------  -------  --------
MAZUT (th. tons)              254.3    255.2   1.311.4
To the previous month in %     -3.9    +49.5         -
To the previous year in %     +12.3    -38.8     +32.6
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[2008-06-16]