Agency: Russia’s oil reserves rise by 2 bln tns in 2019

MOSCOW, Apr 24 (PRIME) -- Russia’s reserves of oil and condensate grew by 1.952 billion tonnes in 2019 under all categories due to results of geological exploration works of companies, the Federal Mineral Resources Agency said in a report on Friday quoting preliminary data.

Reserves of natural gas grew by 1.354 trillion cubic meters last year, the agency said.

Oil and condensate reserves under commercial categories of A, B1 and C1 grew by 791 million tonnes, and commercial reserves of gas grew by 930 billion cubic meters under the same categories, the agency said.

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