OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2013. Over the last eight months of 2013, Surgutneftegas produced 40,885.5 thousand tonnes of crude oil.

For the year to date, crude output in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) equaled 4,774.6 thousand tonnes, 11.6% up versus eight months of 2012.

Throughout January-August of 2013, gas production amounted to 8.084 billion cubic meters.

In-house drilling within eight months of the current year amounted to over 3.512 million meters of rock, including exploratory drilling of 140 thousand meters. Compared to January-August of the previous year, drilling rate grew by 8%.