Oil extraction in Russia grew by 1.5% to 46 mln tons in January

​The volume of oil and gas condensate extraction in Russia in January grew by 693 thousand tons or 1.5% against Jan 2015 and made up 46.006 mln tons, the Central Dispatch Management of the Fuel and Energy sector reports.

According to the Central Dispatch Management, oil and gas condensate extraction of Rosneft in January made up 15.977 mln tons, Lukoil – 7.13 mln tons, Surgutneftegas-5.2 mln tons, Gazprom Neft –3.034 mln tons, Tatneft-2.357 mln tons, Bashneft-1.796 mln tons, Russneft-5 thousand tons, Novatek-708 thousand tons.

The export of Russian oil to the far-abroad countries in January fell by 171 thousand tons to make up 18.28 mln tons, to the near –abroad countries- grew by 16.5 thousand tons to 1.982 mln tons.

Oil and gas condensate extraction in Russia grew by 1.3% in 2015 against 2014 and amounted to 533 mln tons, Rosstat reports.