Russia Boosts Natural Gas Exports
From Steel Guru
Interfax quoted the Economic Development Ministry said in its economic monitoring report for the first two months of the year Russia exported 28.4 billion cubic meters of gas in January to February 2010, 63% more than in the same period last year.
Russia exported 16.7 billion cubic meters outside the CIS including 11.3 billion cubic meters in February. Russia exported 11.7 billion cubic meters to CIS countries in the two months including 5.5 billion cubic meters in February. Gas exports in February rose 100% overall to 16.8 billion cubic meters.
According to Federal Customs Service data Russia Sakhalin-2 project also exported 584,000 tonnes of LNG, the equivalent of 1.31 billion cubic meters in January.
