Russian crude exports up to 123m tons in H1, 2010

Exports of Russian crude oil in Jan-Jun., 2010 slightly increased (0.2%) as compared with H1, 2009, to 123.3 million tons, the Russian Federal State Statistics Service said.

In the first half of the year, Russia also imported 1.1 million tons of oil. June crude exports rose to 20.7 million tons, a 0.5% gain from this year June.

In January-June, 2010 Russia produced 249.4 million tons of crude oil, up 2.8% from H1, 2009).