OREANDA-NEWS. August 8, 2007. LUKOIL Group (subsidiary companies and LUKOIL’s share in output by affiliated companies) total hydrocarbon production available for sale totaled 2.21 mln boe per day in the first half of 2007, up 92 th. boe per day, or 4.3%,  y-o-y.
 
Crude oil output of LUKOIL Group totaled 1,981 th. bpd* (up 4.1% y-o-y), or 48.53 mln tons. LUKOIL subsidiary companies produced 47.24 mln tons of crude, up 5.2% y-o-y. Natural and associated gas output of LUKOIL Group available for sale was 7.03 bcm, which is 6.1% more than in the first half of 2006.
 
Throughputs at the Company’s own refineries in Russia grew by 10.1% y-o-y, to 20.61 mln tons, whereas throughputs at own foreign refineries decreased by 1.5%. The decrease of throughputs at the foreign refineries was due to a planned upgrade of the Burgas refinery. LUKOIL refined 25.15 mln tons of crude at the Company’s own refineries in Russia and abroad, up 7.8% y-o-y. For more detailed information and figures look on http://www.lukoil.com/press.asp?div_id=1&id=2753&year=2007