OAO Gazprom 2011 Pre-tax Profit Up

MOSCOW (dpa-AFX) - OAO Gazprom (OGZPF.PK, OGZPY.PK, GAZP) reported 2011 profit before tax of 1.68 trillion Russian Rubles versus 1.27 trillion Rubles last year.

Profit attributable to owners rose to 1.31 trillion Rubles from 968.56 billion Rubles in the prior year.

Sales grew to 4.64 trillion Rubles from 4 trillion Rubles a year ago.

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