Uzbekistan decreases production of oil and gas condensate in 1H

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan decreased production of oil and gas condensate by 19.7% year-on-year to 1.9 million tonnes in January-June 2010.

Production of petroleum fell by 12.4% year-on-year to 692,500 tonnes and kerosene – by 8% year-on-year to 181,900 tonnes.

According to the State Statistics Committee, Uzbekistan produced 588,300 tonnes of diesel fuel (-12%), 185,300 tonnes of fuel oil (-34.2%) and 127,200 tonnes of lubricants (-6.8%).

Production of liquefied gas decreased by 0.9% year-on-year to 125,200 tonnes. In the reporting period, Uzbekistan produced 30.547 billion cubic meteres of natural gas, which is 3.8% less year-on-year.