Table: Oil extraction in Kazakhstan increased by 14.7% in January-April of 2002

/Almaty bureau REUTERS, May 20, 02/ - Oil extraction in Kazakhstan grew by 14.7% in January-April of 2002 relative to similar period of 2001, at 13.123m tons, informed the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan PRODUCTION OF OIL, GAS AND OIL PRODUCTS IN KAZAKHSTAN: --------------------------------------------------------------- Production of oil and April March 2002 January- oil products 2002 April 2002 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- OIL (m tons) 3.374 3.424 13.123 to previous month, % -1.5 +14.4 - to previous year, % +11.9 +17.0 +14.7 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- GAS CONDENSATE (thousand tons) 455.9 384.6 1,623.7 to previous month, % +18.5 -1.4 - to previous year, % +34.2 -17.1 -3.8 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- Gross NATURAL GAS production (m cubic meters) 1,126.3 1,029.2 4,211.2 to previous month, % +9.4 +4.0 - to previous year, % +9.4 -11.8 +1.1 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- GASOLINE (thousand tons) 148.4 160.6 559.0 to previous month, % -7.6 +25.8 - to previous year, % +18.1 +42.8 +22.9 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- FUEL OIL (thousand tons) 205.4 195.4 741.2 to previous month, % +5.1 +24.1 - to previous year, % -13.4 +23.2 +6.0 ------------------------------ ------- ---------- ---------- GAS-OIL (thousand tons) 258.2 242.2 859.6 to previous month, % +6.6 +70.8 - to previous year, % +17.1 +7.5 +3.2 --------------------------------------------------------------- [2002-05-20]