Oil production in Russia

Oil and gas condensate production grew 3.4 percent in the January to April period of 2005 and hit 152m tons, the Russian Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) has reported. Oil production shrank at a 3.4-percent monthly rate in April and advanced 3 percent from a year earlier. In 2004, oil and gas condensate production rose 8.9 percent to 458.808m tons.