Kazakhstan reduced oil and gas condensate export by 1.1%

From January to August 2013 Kazakhstan exported 46,185,000 tons of oil and gas condensate, down 1.1% against the same period in 2012, reported the Kazakhstan State Statistical Agency.

According to the Agency, during 8 months, 2013 oil and condensate export totaled $37,293,800,000 in money terms, down 4.8% against January-August 2012.

During this period oil products export totaled 3,553,000 tons, (up 21.2%) to the amount of $2,132,100,000 (up 15.7%). Oil products import totaled 1,476,400 tons (up 12%) to the amount of $934,100,000 (down 0.4%).

According to the Statistical Agency, during this period natural gas import totaled 3,819,500,000 cub.m. (up 8.5%) to the amount of $379,200,000 (up 8.3%). During this period export of natural gas totaled 13,724,300,000 cub.m. (down 3.2%) to the amount of $1,379,000,000 (down 9.1%).

From January to August 2013 Kazakhstan extracted 45,869,000 tons of crude oil (up 4.8%), 8,082,200 tons of gas condensate (down 5.4%) and 27,722,000,000 cub.m. of natural gas (up 3.3%).—0—