OREANDA-NEWS. On 09 April 2008 NOVATEK reported preliminary production data for the first quarter 2008.

Gross production for the first quarter totaled 7.69 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 637 thousand tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil). Gross natural gas production increased by 75 million cubic meters, or by 1%, and gross liquids production increased by 18 thousand tons, or by 3%, as compared with the corresponding gross production in the first quarter 2007.

In the first quarter 2008, NOVATEK processed 551 thousand tons of unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky Gas Condensate Processing Plant (Purovsky Plant).