$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')oscow: Russia, the world’s biggest oil producer, raised output to a post-Soviet era high of 10.51 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2013 buoyed by high prices and exports to China.
That was a rise of almost 1.4 per cent and took production to 523.276 million tonnes, Energy Ministry data showed on Thursday.
The rise defied some predictions for a decline from aging oilfields in West Siberia, which together with natural gas sales generate over half of Russia’s state budget revenues.
December’s monthly production averaged 10.63 million bpd, also a post-Soviet high.
http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/russia-2013-oil-output-reaches-post-soviet-high-1.1273352
