/IRBIS, Nov 21, 01/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, that in Kazakhstan oil production grew by 18.1% in January-October 2001, at 29.431m tons relative to similar period of last year.

Volume of the extracted oil increased by 8.1% in October, at 3.156m tons relative to September.

PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS IN KAZAKHSTAN

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Production of natural gas and                       January-
petroleum products              October  September   October
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Crude oil (mln tons)              3.156      2.919    29.431
to previous month, %               +8.1       +0.3        NA
to previous year, %               +10.6       +9.1     +18.1
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Gas condensate (thousand tons)     39.5        9.0   3,140.3
to previous month, %             +338.9      -97.3        NA
to previous year, %               -91.2      -96.7     -15.5
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Gross natural gas production
(mln cubic meters)                728.2      588.0   9,401.7
to previous month, %              +23.8      -32.5        NA
to previous year, %               -34.1      -29.0      +0.6
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Gasoline (thousand tons)          151.6      173.3   1,374.1
to previous month, %              -12.5      +52.2        NA
to previous year, %                -5.7      +47.6     +31.0
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Fuel oil (thousand tons)          222.0      260.3   2,330.5
to previous month, %              -14.7       +7.0        NA
to previous year, %               +13.5       +2.7     +23.0
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Gas-oil (thousand tons)           147.2      219.5   1,859.3
to previous month, %              -32.9      +17.1        NA
to previous year, %                +2.6       +3.4     +12.9
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