Natural gas production levels in the first two months of the year remained virtually unchanged from the same period in 2006 totaling 115.69 million cubic meters.
Coal production within the same period increased by 2.9% against last year at 53.87 million tons.
Russia's crude exports to foreign countries and Baltic States in January-February increased by 4.1% totaling 34.84 million tons (256.07 million bbl), while only 5.03 million tons (36.97 million bbl) were exported to countries of the Commonwealth of the Independent States (CIS), a 19.2% decrease, mainly due to a reduction of crude supplies to Belarus.
Russian energy giant Gazprom's share in overall natural gas production comprised 83.8% against 84.5% in the first two months of 2006 as the company produced 97 billion cubic meters of gas, a 0.9% decrease against the last year.
Russia's natural gas exports to foreign countries and Baltic States in January-February decreased by 18% totaling 25.9 billion cubic meters, while natural gas exports to CIS countries fell by 24.2%, standing at 7.21 billion cubic meters.
