Ukraine produced 11.4 billion cubic meters of gas January through July / Photo from UNIAN
Ukraine saw a 0.3% reduction in the production of natural gas in January-July 2016 year-on-year to 11.4 billion cubic meters, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported.
The report does not include information from Russian-annexed Crimea and occupied areas in Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
Gas production in July 2016 alone rose by 2.6% compared with June 2016 to 1.6 billion cubic meters. Gas production in July 2016 year-on-year grew by 1.4%.
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Ukraine's crude oil production in the first seven months of 2016 also witnessed a decline, falling by 11.9% to 958,000 tonnes, the State Statistics Service said.
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In 2015, Ukraine produced 1.801 million tonnes of crude oil, down 11.8% from 2014. The country's largest crude oil producers are subsidiaries of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine – Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Ukrnafta. Naftogaz has a controlling stake in the latter.