Russian oil cos edge daily output up in Jan
MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - Russian oil companies edged daily oil and gas condensate production up in January to 1.41 million tonnes, from 1.406 million tonnes in December, the Central Dispatching Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex (CDU TEK) said.
Production peaked at 1.414 million tonnes in the first few days after the New Year holidays, before edging down to 1.407 million tonnes on January 26 sand then rising again, to 1.412 million tonnes on January 29.
The December low was 1.397 million tonnes and the high that month was 1.415 million tonnes.
Rosneft produced an average daily 317,200 tonnes of oil and condensate in January (314,900 tonnes in December), Lukoil - 230,700 tonnes (230,300 tonnes), TNK-BP - 199,900 tonnes (199,800 tonnes), Surgutneftegas - 166,700 tonnes, Gazprom Neft - 83,200 tonnes (84,100 tonnes), Tatneft - 71,800 tonnes (as in December), Slavneft - 49,500 tonnes (49,600 tonnes), Bashneft - 41,900 tonnes (41,800 tonnes), Gazprom - 45,300 tonnes (42,200 tonnes) and RussNeft - 37,900 tonnes (38,100 tonnes).