Statistics: Russia’s oil output rises 0.2% to 46.4 mln tns in May

MOSCOW, Jul 3 (PRIME) -- Russia’s oil and gas condensate output increased 0.2% on the year and 3.1% on the month to 46.4 million tonnes in May, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a report on Tuesday.

Natural gas production rose 8.2% on the year and shrank 6.7% on the month to 51.5 billion cubic meters in May.

In January–May, oil and gas condensate production fell 0.8% on the year, while gas output rose 7.5%, the service said.

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