Oil extraction formed 70.6 mln tons in 2008: Ministry of Energy
13:23, 12 January 2009
ASTANA. January 12. KAZINFORM /Zauresh Balkenova/ 70.6 mln tons of oil with gas condensate were mined in Kazakhstan in 2008. Kazakh Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev has made it public at the Government telephone conference; Kazinform reports.
?Taking into account a balance of export-import operations, use of petrol increased by 6.9 percent, diesel fuel ? by 12.3 percent, aviation kerosene - by 15 per cent, fuel oil ? by 3.3 percent?, the Minister said.
S.Mynbayev noted that all prices on oil products in the domestic market are within limits put in memorandums.
According to him, prices on AI-92 and AI-96 petrol decreased to KZT 76 per a litre, and diesel fuel ? KZT 86.