Table: Kazakhstan oil production increased by 15.7% in Q1 2002

/IRBIS, Apr 18, 02/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, that Kazakhstan oil production grew by 15.7% in first quarter of 2002 relative to first quarter of 2001, at 9.748m tons. PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS IN KAZAKHSTAN: ------------------------------------------------------------- Production of oil and March February January- oil products 2002 2002 March 2002 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- OIL (m tons) 3.423 2.991 9.748 to previous month, % +14.4 -10.3 - to previous year, % +17.0 +12.6 +15.7 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- GAS CONDENSATE (thousand tons) 384.6 390.0 1,167.8 to previous month, % -1.4 -0.8 - to previous year, % -17.1 -8.4 -13.4 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- Gross NATURAL GAS production (m cubic meters) 1,029.2 989.3 3,084.9 to previous month, % +4.0 -7.2 - to previous year, % -11.8 +14.9 -1.6 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- GASOLINE (thousand tons) 160.6 127.7 410.6 to previous month, % +25.8 +4.4 - to previous year, % +42.8 +29.4 +24.7 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- FUEL OIL (thousand tons) 195.4 157.5 535.8 to previous month, % +24.1 -13.9 - to previous year, % +23.2 +5.8 +16.0 ------------------------------ ------- -------- ---------- GAS-OIL (thousand tons) 242.2 141.8 601.4 to previous month, % +70.8 -34.8 - to previous year, % +7.5 -5.0 -1.8 ------------------------------------------------------------- [2002-04-18]