Ukraine boosts oil-and-gas production in 1M06

Natural gas production stood at 1.7 billion cu m and oil production reached 269,000 metric tons (about 64,000 bbl/d) in January, the committee said.

In the same period, the country produced 80.2 million cu m of associated gas, a 14.9% increase year-on-year. Gas condensate production slipped 0.4% to 109,000 metric tons.

The committee's production figures for 2005 were 19.3 billion cu m for natural gas, 3.1 million metric tons (about 62,200 bbl/d) for oil and 893 million cu m for associated gas.