Taking the plunge: Russia's natural gas output falls
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Russian gas output dives
Russian oil output edged up in June while natural gas production continued its steepest decline in a decade because of low demand in Russia and Europe, energy ministry data showed today.
The data obtained by Reuters showed June oil output rose to 9.89 million barrels per day from 9.84 million bpd in May while natural gas production fell to 1.21 billion cubic metres per day from 1.29 bcm per day in May.