Russia's oil output in the first nine months of 2010 grew 2.2 percent year-on-year to 377 million tons and gas output grew 14.7 percent to 468 billion cubic meters, the Federal State Statistics Service said on Friday.
The country's September oil output grew 1.3 percent year-on-year, and 2.1 percent month-on-month, the service said in a statement, while September gas output grew 10.5 percent month-on-month and 4.2 percent year-on-year
The service said 185 million tons of oil were delivered to refineries, an 8.7 percent increase compared to last year. Petroleum output rose 3.5 percent to 26.7 million tons, diesel fuel output grew 5.4 percent to 52.2 million tons, and furnace fuel oil output rose 12.2 percent to 51 million tons.
MOSCOW, Oct 15 (RIA Novosti)
