/REUTERS, Almaty, September 12, 08/ - Production of oil with gas condensate grew by 5.1 % in January-August of 2008, compared to the similar period of 2007, and made 46.826 m. tons, the Statistics Agency informed on Friday.

Within January - August of 2007 oil production with gas condensate made 44.562 m. tons.

OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS OUTPUT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

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                            August    July    January-
                              2008    2008 August 2008
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OIL (m. tones)               4.511   4.590      38.292
To the previous month in %    -1.7    -5.5           -
To the previous year in %     -3.8    -1.3        +5.1
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GAS CONDENSATE (th. tons)* 1.077.1 1.012.5     8.534.3
To the previous month in %    +6.4    -0.1           -
To the previous year in %    +15.7       0        +4.9
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NATURAL GAS gross issue
(m. cubic meters)          2.629.4 2.600.1    22.516.6
To the previous month in %    +1.1    -8.1           -
To the previous year in %    +12.0    +4.4       +13.8
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PETROL (th. tons)            197.4   157.4     1.700.9
To the previous month in %   +25.4   -19.2           -
To the previous year in %    -11.2   -14.7        -4.6
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GAS-OIL (th. tons)           461.7   365.9     3.087.9
To the previous month in %   +26.2    +8.7           -
To the previous year in %    +18.4    +3.7        +6.3
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MAZUT (th. tons)             314.5   274.1     2.190.7
To the previous month in %   +14.7    -5.7           -
To the previous year in %    +39.7   +46.6       +37.0
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[2008-09-12]