5 Apr 2010 13:47

Kazakhstan

ASTANA. April 5 (Interfax) - Total oil and gas condensate output in Kazakhstan in January March 2010, according to operational statistics, came to 19.662 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%, the Kazakh government told Interfax.

Production of gas condensate came to 1.156 million tonnes, a decrease of 11.8% year-on-year.

National production company KazMunayGas produced 2.095 million tonnes of oil and gas condensate in the three years, a year-on-year decrease of 2%.

Enterprises with the involvement of KazMunayGas in January-March 2010 produced 9.396 million tonnes of oil, up 14.4%, including TengizChevrOil - 6.489 million tonnes (up 25%), KazGerMunai - 776,802 tonnes (down 0.2%0, Petro Kazakhstan Kumkol Resources - 720,477 tonnes (down 3.1%) and Turgai-Petroleum - 732,809 tonnes (6.7%).

Other oil production enterprises in Kazakhstan increased output by 4.3% year-on-year to 8.172 million tonnes including