Average daily production of oil and condensate in Russia totals 1.418 mln tonnes in Oct
MOSCOW. Nov 6 (Interfax) - Average daily production of oil and gas condensate in Russia totalled 1.426 million tonnes a day in October 2012, the Central Dispatching Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex (CDU TEK) said in its materials.
This figure reached 1.418 million tonnes a day in September, August - 1.416 million tonnes, July - 1.41 million tonnes, June -1.408 million tonnes, 1.411 million tonnes, April - 1.409 million tonnes, March - 1.413 million tonnes, February - 1.412 million tonnes, and January - 1.411 million tonnes.
Daily production figures in October have been unstable, which has caused major fluctuations during the period. For instance, daily production in Russia reached its highest point since the start of the year at 1.43 million tonnes. The minimum production figure in October came to 1.416 million tonnes a day.
The following major oil companies increased average daily output compared with September: Rosneft , Gazprom Neft , and Bashneft . Posting drops in production were Lukoil , TNK-BP , Surgutneftegas , Slavneft and Russneft .
In October, Rosneft's average daily output came to 327,100 tonnes of oil (324,700 tonnes in September), Lukoil - 231,800 tonnes (232,000 tonnes), TNK-BP - 197,600 tonnes (199,100 tonnes), Surgutneftegas - 168,200 tonnes (168,300 tonnes), Gazprom Neft - 87,500 tonnes (87,200 tonnes), Tatneft - 72,100 tonnes (72,100 tonnes), Slavneft - 48,900 tonnes (49,300 tonnes), Bashneft - 42,300 tonnes (42,200 tonnes), and Russneft - 37,700 tonnes (38,600 tonnes).