19.11.2002 | TuesdayYUKOS UPS OIL PRODUCTION 18% IN 9 MTHS Ãîðåíèå ÕÏÂÕ .
The Yukos oil company during the first nine months of 2002 produced 50.4 million metric tons (368 million barrels) of oil, 18.0% more than in the same period of 2001.
News: Yukos said in a press release that refinery throughput also increased during the first nine months, by 8.1% compared to the first nine months of 2001 to 23.4 million tons (170 million barrels). Yukos produced 18.1 million tons (132 million barrels) of oil in the third quarter of 2002, which is 20.7% more than in the corresponding period of 2001. Refinery throughput increased by 10.7% in the third quarter of 2002 to 8.2 million tons (60 million barrels). In the first nine months of 2002, crude oil exports were 26.5 million tons (194 million barrels), a 24.6%-increase over the first nine months of 2001. Sales of oil products on the domestic market in the first nine months of 2002 were 13.7 million tons (102 million barrels),up 9.4% from the level of the first nine months of 2001. Oil product exports increased by 8.5% to 7.7 million tons (54 million barrels) in the first nine months of 2002. Domestic market in the third quarter of 2002 were 4.74 million tons (36 million barrels), which is 5.4% higher than in the same period of 2001. Oil product exports were at a level of 2.96 million tons (21 million barrels) in the third quarter of 2002, which is 4.7% lower than the 3.1 million tons (23 million barrels) exported in the third quarter of 2001. Yukos drilled 730,000 meters of production wells in the first nine months of 2002, 43.0% more than in the first nine months of 2001. In the first nine months of 2002, a total of 250 new wells went on stream, compared to 246 in the first nine months of 2001. (Hoovers)