Oil, gas and oil products output in Kazakhstan

/REUTERS, Almaty, February 16, 04/ - Extraction of oil with gas condensate in Kazakhstan in January of 2004 grew by 9.1% in comparison with similar period of 2003, and equaled to 4.65 m. tons, informed Kazakhstan Statistics Agency. In January of 2003 extraction of oil and gas condensate was equal to 4.26 m. tons, statistics agency informs. Production of oil, gas and oil products in Kazakhstan: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Production of oil and Jan Dec Jan oil products 2004 2003 2003 --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ OIL (m. tons) 4.029 4.035 *3.747 to previous month, % -0.1 +4.0 n/a to previous year, % +7.5 +11.5 n/a --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ GAS CONDENSATE (thousand tons) 618.6 610.6 513.8 to previous month, % +1.3 +2.4 +0.2 to previous year, % +20.4 +19.1 +30.6 --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ Gross NATURAL GAS production (m cubic meters) 820.2 809.2 *593.1 to previous month, % +1.4 -3.9 n/a to previous year, % +38.3 +46.7 n/a --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ GASOLINE (thousand tons) 128.2 149.3 127.6 to previous month, % -14.1 -7.6 -17.6 to previous year, % +0.5 -3.6 +4.3 --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ FUEL OIL (thousand tons) 183.8 193.1 218.1 to previous month, % -4.8 +3.7 +4.0 to previous year, % -15.7 -7.7 +19.2 --------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ------ MAZUT (thousand tons) 199.4 212.2 245.9 to previous month, % -6.0 -12.6 -4.5 to previous year, % -18.9 -8.1 +13.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- * - statistics agency publishes specified data for January of 2003 giving no indicators of volumes growth or falling as percentage. [2004-02-16]