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Russia raises oil output by 4% to 85 mln tons, gas production by 2% to 123 bcm in Jan-Feb

n January-February 2012, Russia’s production of liquefied natural gas went up by 3.1 percent and reached two million tonnes, the statistics said

MOSCOW, March 19 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia’s oil production increased by 3.9 percent in the first two months of the year, as compared to the same period of 2011, and reached 85.5 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service said in its regular report.

Proceeding from the document, the country’s gas output grew by 1.8 in the period under review and made up 123 billion cubic metres.

In January-February 2012, Russia’s production of liquefied natural gas went up by 3.1 percent and reached two million tonnes, the statistics said.