Oil extraction down 0.6%, gas output up 3.1% in Russia from Jan to Aug
Russia extracted 325.154 million tonnes of oil with gas condensate in January to August 2008, down 0.6% year-on-year, the Fuel and Energy Complex Central Dispatch Department has reported according to Interfax.
Natural gas extraction grew 3.1% in the first eight months of 2008, year-on-year, reaching 443.869 billion cubic meters.