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Circa 26m tones of oil produced in seven months

21.08.2012 [12:40]
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Baku, August 21 (AZERTAC). In January-July this year, 25.8m tones of oil were produced in the country.

A decrease was observed in the oil production compared to the previous year. Thus this figure in the analogous period of 2011 was 27.7m tones, according to the State Statistical Committee.

Decrease was fixed in gas production as well. During this period, production of marketable gas made up 10.3bn cubic meters, while this figure was 15,1bn cubic meters last year.

Meanwhile, electric energy production has increased. During the first seven months of the current year, 12.2bn kWh or 9.4% more power energy was produced.