Gazprom says gas output rises 7.5% to 325.4 bcm in Jan–Aug

MOSCOW, Sep 3 (PRIME) -- The gas output of Russian gas giant Gazprom grew 7.5% on the year to 325.4 billion cubic meters in January–August, the company said in a statement Monday.

CEO Alexei Miller said on August 31 citing preliminary results that gas output rose 7.5% to 325.2 billion cubic meters in the period.

In 2017, Gazprom’s gas output increased 12.4% to 471 billion cubic meters. In 2018, the company plans to produce 476 billion cubic meters of gas.

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