OREANDA-NEWS. Oil and gas condensate production of the international projects of LUKOIL Overseas (comprising all of LUKOIL's international upstream projects with the exception of Tengiz) have reached 5.3 million tons of oil (5.6 % of LUKOIL's total oil production), an increase of 51.2% year-on-year.

Gas production amounted to 1.75 billion cubic meters (11% of LUKOIL’s gas production), an increase of 5.2%.

Similarly to last year the largest volume of work was carried out in Kazakhstan. In particular, construction of production facilities and new well drilling was being undertaken at the Kumkol field (Kyzylorda Region). A new oil treatment and pumping unit with annual capacity of 4 million tons of oil, plus 8 million tons of water for injection into the reservoir, was commissioned there.

At the Karachaganak field (West Kazakhstan Region), hydrocarbon production reached the level of 11.9 billion cubic meters of gas and 10.4 million tons of gas
condensate.