/REUTERS, Almaty, July 15, 08/ - Production of oil with gas condensate grew by 7.1 % in January-June of 2008, compared to the similar period of 2007, and made 35.636 m. tons, the Statistics Agency informed on Tuesday.

Within January - June of 2007 oil production with gas condensate made 33.278 m. tons.

OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

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                              June     May  January-
                              2008    2008 June 2008
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OIL (m. tones)               4.857  5.004*    29.191
To the previous month in %    -2.9    +2.5         -
To the previous year in %    +15.4    +9.5      +7.8
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GAS CONDENSATE (th. tons)* 1.014.0 1.086.9   6.444.7
To the previous month in %    -6.7    +4.0         -
To the previous year in %     -0.2    +2.1      +4.0
-------------------------- ------- ------- ---------
NATURAL GAS gross issue
(m. cubic meters)          2.830.6 2.979.8  17.287.1
To the previous month in %    -5.0    +4.3         -
To the previous year in %    +22.4   +18.0     +15.6
-------------------------- ------- ------- ---------
PETROL (th. tons)            194.8   242.9   1.346.1
To the previous month in %   -19.8    +7.1         -
To the previous year in %     -8.4    +3.4      -2.2
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GAS-OIL (th. tons)           336.6   437.8   2.260.3
To the previous month in %   -23.1   +10.9         -
To the previous year in %     +2.5    +9.3      +4.6
-------------------------- ------- ------- ---------
MAZUT (th. tons)             290.7   245.3   1.602.1
To the previous month in %   +18.5    -3.9         -
To the previous year in %    +46.4   +12.3     +34.9
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* - Statistic agency specified data for May.

[2008-07-15]