MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. Russia’s natural gas production decreased by 13% year-on-year to 474 billion cubic meters in January-October 2022, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said on Wednesday.

In October, gas production amounted to 45.7 billion cubic meters, which is 20.3% down year-on-year, and 17% up month-on-month.

In January-October, production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) amounted to 26.9 million tons, which is 10.6% up year-on-year.

In October, LNG production amounted to 2.8 million tons, which is 1.2% up year-on-year and 10.4% up month-on-month.

Production of associated petroleum gas in January-October decreased by 0.7% to 82.2 billion cubic meters.

Earlier, Gazprom reported that in January-October 2022, it reduced gas production by 18.6% year-on-year to 344 billion cubic meters.