Azerbaijan's oil output up 14.1% in January-April

Oil production in Azerbaijan grew 14.1% year-on-year in January-April to 15.8 million metric tons (16 million barrels), the South Caucasus country's top statistics body said on Wednesday according to RIA Novosti.

Gas output in the reporting period grew 79.8% to 5.2 billion cubic meters, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan said.

Azerbaijan produced a record 41.7 million metric tons of crude (840,000 bbl/d) and 11 billion cubic meters of natural gas last year.