9.6m bpd expected in next quarter

Moscow: Russia will produce 119 million tonnes (9.692 million bpd) of crude and gas condensate in the first quarter of the next year, up from 116.5 million tonnes in the same period a year ago.

Russia will also refine 53 million tonnes of crude (4.317 million bpd) and export 54.3 million tonnes (4.422 million bpd) to non-CIS countries in the first quarter of 2007.

Refineries will produce 8.23 million tonnes of gasoline, 15.6 million tonnes of diesel, 15.2 million tonnes of fuel oil and 1.95 million tonnes of jet fuel in the same period.