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ASTANA - There was 65,541,298 tonnes of oil and gas condensate produced in Kazakhstan in January-October, 1.4% less year-on-year.

Output of gas condensate alone amounted to 3,896,435 tonnes, 0.2% more than in January-October last year.

Kazakh government sources told Interfax that JSC KazMunayGas
extracted 6,480,727 tonnes of oil and gas condensate during the ten
months, 98.2% of output a year earlier.

Companies KazMunayGas is involved in produced 34,247,463 tonnes of
crude (95.3% of the January-October 2011 level). That included the joint
venture Tengizchevroil – 19,877,292 tonnes (92.7%), OJSC
MangistauMunayGas – 4,927,851 (103.2%), OJSC KalamkasMunayGas –
3,541,473 tonnes (101.4%), the JV KazGerMunay – 2,576,697 tonnes
(103.7%), OJSC Petro Kazakhstan Kumkol Resources – 2,123,101 tonnes
(89.6%), and JSC Turgai-Petroleum – 1,820,097 tonnes (87.0%).

Other Kazakh oil-producers extracted 24,813,108 tonnes of oil
(105.7%), among them Karachaganak Petroleum Operating – 10,118,845
tonnes (101.3%) and OJSC SNPS-AktobeMunayGas – 5,056,683 tonnes (98.0%).

There was 6,851,642 tonnes of oil and gas condensate produced in
Kazakhstan just in October, including 326,107 tonnes of condensate.