OREANDA-NEWS. August 13, 2012. Over the last seven months of 2012, Surgutneftegas produced almost 35,671.6 thousand tons of crude oil, which means more than a 1.2% increase in comparison to the same period of 2011, reported the press-centre of Surgutneftegas. 

For the year to date, crude output in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) exceeded 3,707 thousand tons.

In the period from January to July 2012, gas production amounted to almost 7,079 million cubic meters.

In-house drilling within seven months of the current year went beyond 2,824 thousand meters of rock including exploratory drilling reaching almost 128 thousand meters. Compared to January-July of the previous year, development and exploratory drilling grew by 5% and 16%, respectively.