Kazakhstan increased oil and gas condensate production by 21% up to 81 mln tons in January-March

/IRBIS, Apr.4, 00/ - PRIME-TASS informs, with the reference to the source at the ministry of energy, industry and trade of Kazakhstan, that oil and gas producing companies of the oil industry of Kazakhstan has produced 8,211.472 th. tons of oil and gas condensate, which is 121% to oil production of January-March of 1999. It is said the country has produced a total of 2,838.402 th. tons of oil and gas condensate in March 2000, 106.9% of the plan. Enterprises of national oil and gas company "Kazakhoil" extracted 472.67 th. tons / 106.6% of the plan/ in March of current year, and 1,363.555 th. tons in January-March, or 8.7% more than in similar period of last year, is said. joint ventures, created with the participation of NOC "Kazakhoil", accounted for 911.874 th. tons /100.2% of the plan/ of oil and gas condensate in March 2000, among them JV TengizChevrOil - 847.583 th. tons /101.3%/. These companies accounted for 2,606.421 th. tons of oil, or 99.5% of the plan and 102.4% of last year's figure, including JV TengizChevrOil - 2,416.255 th. tons /100.5% and 100.7%, respectively/. Other oil and gas companies of the country accounted for 1,453.858 th. tons of oil and gas condensate in March 2000, or 111.6% of the plan, and 4,241.496 th. tons /111.3% and 141.9%/ in January-March of this year.