/REUTERS Almaty office, March 23, 00/ - According to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, oil extraction in Kazakhstan increased January - February of 2000 by 14.8% in comparison with the similar period of 1999 and has made 4.587 mln tons.

Products of oil and petroleum February January January-February 2000 2000 2000

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Crude oil (million tons)          2.259    2.328             4.587
To the previous month, %           -3.0     +1.2                 -
To the previous year, %           +19.4    +10.7             +14.8
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Gas condensate (th. tons)         396.5    392.4             788.9
To the previous month, %           +1.0     -2.0                 -
To the previous year, %           +40.1   +132.6             +74.7
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Gas total extraction (billion
cub. m)                           0.972    0.937             1.909
To the previous month, %           +3.7     +0.9                 -
To the previous year, %           +24.9    +38.4             +31.2
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Gasoline (thousand tons)          109.7     78.5             188.2
To the previous month, %          +39.7    -33.2                 -
To the previous year, %           +25.1    -20.0              +1.3
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Boiler oil (thousand tons)        218.9    207.3             426.2
To the previous month, %           +5.6     -6.6                 -
To the previous year, %           +67.5    +47.1             +56.9
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Gas-oils (thousand tons)          130.3    140.3             270.6
To the previous month, %           -7.1    -12.9                 -
To the previous year, %            -8.6    +32.5              +8.9
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As the head of the Agency's industrial department has informed, the previous month date has been corrected.