Russian oil production up 0.8% in H1
MOSCOW. July 2 (Interfax) - Russia produced 258.496 million tonnes or 10.468 million bpd of oil and gas condensate in the first half of 2013, 0.8% more than in the same period of last year, the Central Dispatching Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex (CDU TEK) said.
Oil production in June alone rose 2.1% year-on-year to 43.083 million tonnes. Average daily production was 10.527 million barrels.
Rosneft produced 59.053 million tonnes of oil in H1 (9.774 million tonnes in June), Lukoil produced 42.181 million tonnes (7.117 million tonnes), TNK-BP Holding - 35.768 million tonnes (6.045 million tonnes), Surgutneftegas - 30.438 million tonnes (5.052 million tonnes), Gazprom Neft - 15.682 million tonnes (2.618 million tonnes), Tatneft - 13.09 million tonnes (2.172 million tonnes), Slavneft - 8.455 million tonnes (1.383 million tonnes), Bashneft - 7.768 million tonnes (1.301 million tonnes) and RussNeft - 6.778 million tonnes (1.155 million tonnes).
Wholly Russian-owned companies and joint ventures produced 21.942 million tonnes of oil and condensate in H1 (3.51 million tonnes in June).
Gazprom , the country's biggest gas producer, lifted 8.35 million tonnes of oil in H1 (1.441 million tonnes in June), and production-sharing operators - 6.786 million tonnes (1.159 million tonnes).