Gazprom raises gas production 0.6% to 209.5 bcm in H1, overall gas production in Russia down 3%
MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax) - The Gazprom group increased production of natural and associated gas 0.64% year-on-year to 209.48 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the first half of 2025, compared to 208.14 bcm a year previously, the company said in a report.
This includes data on production by organizations in which Gazprom invests, categorized as joint operations.
Overall gas production across Russia decreased 3% to 335.299 bcm.
Production of gas and its distribution among existing gas production centers is determined based on the need to ensure reliable gas supplies to Russian consumers as well as to fulfill export obligations, taking into account incoming requests for additional volumes, Gazprom said. The sequential development of gas production capacities in the east of Russia continues. This includes expanding the central gas compressor station capacities and the phased increase (connection) of the number of operational gas wells at the Chayandinskoye field, developing the Kovyktinskoye field, and the phased increase (connection) of the number of operational wells.
Production of oil and gas condensate increased 2.35% to 38.32 million tonnes. The growth "is due to the high marginality of the sale of this type of raw material," Gazprom said. Furthermore, during the reporting period, the dynamics of liquid hydrocarbon production by Gazprom Group, as well as by associated organizations and joint ventures, continued to be influenced by the need to comply with the quota set by the Energy Ministry as part of the OPEC+ agreement.
Gazprom sold 185 bcm of gas to domestic and foreign markets in 6M 2025, compared with 186.7 bcm a year previously.
Gas consumption in the reporting period was influenced by weather-related, economic and geopolitical factors. At the same time, Gazprom Group ensured reliable supplies to Russian consumers in the necessary volumes in H1 2025, the group said. In particular, on the domestic market, the group recorded record levels of supplies to consumers from Russia's Unified Gas Supply System (UGSS). In April, after the end of the 2024-2025 autumn-winter period in Russia, the daily offtake record from the UGSS for that month was updated twice, with volumes corresponding to winter consumption levels. Total supplies in April also reached a historical maximum for this month.
Gazprom's gas transportation network within Russia received 301.2 bcm of gas in 6M 2025, decreasing from 308.4 bcm in 6M 2024 due to a decrease in the supply of gas to consumers within Russia.
Including applications processed in previous years, 15 companies received gas transportation permits in H1 2025 for a collective volume of 63.4 bcm.
Some 19.7 bcm of gas was pumped into underground storage facilities in the period, compared with 19.8 bcm a year previously. Some 25.6 bcm was withdrawn from storage, versus 26.4 bcm last year. These changes were due to the operating schedule of the UGSS.
An operating reserve of 73.170 bcm is currently being prepared ahead of the 2025/2026 withdrawal season, with geological and technical measures being taken to ensure a potential daily output of 858.8 million cubic meters (mcm).
Gazprom Group processed 32.14 bcm of natural and associated gas at its processing capacities in H1 2025, compared to 28.2 bcm in the previous year. Some 28.8 million tonnes of oil and stable gas condensate underwent primary processing, versus 28.31 million tonnes the year before. Gazprom Processing LLC and other gas production subsidiaries purified and stabilized 11.16 million tonnes of unstable gas condensate and oil, versus 10.92 million tonnes a year previously.
Oil and stable gas condensate processing increased 1.73% year-on-year, primarily due to increased demand for motor and aviation fuels on the market.
The group boosted production of petroleum products 1.39% to 26.27 million tonnes, thanks to an increase in primary processing of oil and stable gas condensate.
After the Central Dispatch Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex suspended its statistics publications, Gazprom's reports are the only accurate source of information about the company's production.
