Table: Kazakhstan oil production increased by 16.4% in 2001, to 35.7m tons

/IRBIS, Jan 14, 02/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, that Kazakhstan oil production grew by 16.4% in 2001 relative to 14.5% in 2000, at 35.7m tons. Oil and gas condensate production equaled 39.7m in 2001 against 35.3m last year, is said. PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS IN KAZAKHSTAN IN 2001: ------------------------------------------------------------ Production of oil and January- oil products December November December ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- OIL (m tons) 3.184 3.064 35.669 to previous month, % +3.9 -2.6 - to previous year, % +9.6 +9.4 +16.4 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- GAS CONDENSATE (thousand tons) 474.8 412.7 4,027.8 to previous month, % +15.0 +944.8 - to previous year, % -2.9 -10.5 -13.7 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- Gross NATURAL GAS production (m cubic meters) 1,101.1 1,069.4 11,572.3 to previous month, % +3.0 +46.9 - to previous year, % -4.0 +1.5 +0.3 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- GASOLINE (thousand tons) 127.0 80.0 1,581.1 to previous month, % +58.8 -47.2 - to previous year, % +16.5 -17.4 +26.0 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- FUEL OIL (thousand tons) 188.7 195.3 2,243.3 to previous month, % -3.4 +32.7 - to previous year, % +16.8 +34.5 +14.8 ------------------------------ -------- -------- -------- GAS-OIL (thousand tons) 233.2 132.0 2,696.6 to previous month, % +76.7 -40.8 - to previous year, % -9.2 -44.9 +12.8 ------------------------------------------------------------