The Ukrgasvydobuvannya and Ukrnafta companies, owned by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, reduced the production of oil and gas condensate in this period by 9.2% y-o-y to one million tonnes, according to the ministry.
In particular, Ukraine produced 18,400 tonnes of oil and gas condensate in June 2016, which was 9.3% lower than in June 2015.
As UNIAN reported earlier, oil production in Ukraine from January to May 2016 (excluding the Russian-annexed Crimea and the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone) decreased by 11.6% y-o-y to 691,000 tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service data.
Last year, oil and gas condensate production in Ukraine declined by 11.8% compared with 2014 to 1.801 million tonnes.
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