September 08, 2008

Kazakhstan oil production in 4 months up by 6.3%

Bloomberg reported that Kazakhstan has increased crude production by an annual 6.3% in the January to April 2008 period.

Mr Sauat Mynbaye energy minister of Kazakhstan said that its output reached 23.6 million tonnes of crude and gas condensate by the end of April 2008. He added that Kazakhstan has three refineries processed 4.13 million tonnes in the period up by 5.4% YoY