Russia sees 5.7% gain in fuel oil production in H1 to 39.1 million tonnes

Fuel oil production in Russia in January-June 2014 increased by 5.7% year-on-year (+2.1 million tonnes) to 39.1 million tonnes, the Ministry of Energy of Russia said.

In June of the year the volume of fuel oil production increased by 5% (+302,400 tonnes) compared with the same period last year, to 6.38 million tonnes, the ministry statistics said.