MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Russian oil output hit a new record of 10.16 million barrels per day in September as fields returned from maintenance, beating the last all-time high in July, Energy Ministry data showed on Saturday.
Oil output had slumped to 10.06 million barrels per day in August, largely due to maintenance at Sakhalin-1, an ExxonMobil-led project off Russia's Pacific coast.
The dip in August followed seven months of consecutive records that reached 10.14 million bpd in July.
Output of Sokol crude -- on the basis of a production sharing agreement (PSA) -- was halted for all of August. The resumption of production boosted the contribution of PSA operators by more than 50 percent.
Production was up in September throughout the Russian oil industry, except at LUKOIL, where output fell 1.1 percent from August.
Among individual oil companies, the biggest gains month-on-month and year-on-year were reported for mid-sized producer Bashneft, the oil unit of Russia's Sistema conglomerate, which last year consolidated oil assets once held by the government of the province of Bashkortostan.
Bashneft is widely viewed by analysts as the leading contender for the biggest new fields remaining in the state's portfolio -- the Arctic Trebs and Titov fields -- with 200 million tonnes of reserves. An auction is expected in December.
The ministry data confirmed oil loadings at Russia's key ports fell by over 6 percent as pipeline monopoly Transneft conducted maintenance work.
Gas output showed a seasonal recovery to 47.94 billion cubic metres (bcm) in September, up more than 10 percent from August output of 43.32 bcm and up more than 5 percent from September 2009.
Gazprom's output rose 12.5 percent month on month, making up the bulk of the recovery. Gazprom's production was up 2.8 percent from year-ago levels.
For tables of Russia's oil data please see
(Reporting by Melissa Akin; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin and Jane Baird) Keywords: RUSSIA ENERGY (melissa.akin@reuters.com; +7 495 775 1242) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Oil output had slumped to 10.06 million barrels per day in August, largely due to maintenance at Sakhalin-1, an ExxonMobil-led project off Russia's Pacific coast.
The dip in August followed seven months of consecutive records that reached 10.14 million bpd in July.
Output of Sokol crude -- on the basis of a production sharing agreement (PSA) -- was halted for all of August. The resumption of production boosted the contribution of PSA operators by more than 50 percent.
Production was up in September throughout the Russian oil industry, except at LUKOIL, where output fell 1.1 percent from August.
Among individual oil companies, the biggest gains month-on-month and year-on-year were reported for mid-sized producer Bashneft, the oil unit of Russia's Sistema conglomerate, which last year consolidated oil assets once held by the government of the province of Bashkortostan.
Bashneft is widely viewed by analysts as the leading contender for the biggest new fields remaining in the state's portfolio -- the Arctic Trebs and Titov fields -- with 200 million tonnes of reserves. An auction is expected in December.
The ministry data confirmed oil loadings at Russia's key ports fell by over 6 percent as pipeline monopoly Transneft conducted maintenance work.
Gas output showed a seasonal recovery to 47.94 billion cubic metres (bcm) in September, up more than 10 percent from August output of 43.32 bcm and up more than 5 percent from September 2009.
Gazprom's output rose 12.5 percent month on month, making up the bulk of the recovery. Gazprom's production was up 2.8 percent from year-ago levels.
For tables of Russia's oil data please see
(Reporting by Melissa Akin; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin and Jane Baird) Keywords: RUSSIA ENERGY (melissa.akin@reuters.com; +7 495 775 1242) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.