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NOVATEK reports preliminary operating data for the second quarter and first half 2012

Moscow, 11 July 2012. OAO NOVATEK (‘NOVATEK’ and/or the ‘Company’) today reported preliminary production data for the second quarter and first half 2012.
 
Gross production for the second quarter totaled 14.04 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 1.04 million tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil). Gross natural gas production increased by 1.91 billion cubic meters, or by 15.7%, and gross liquids production increased by seven thousand tons, or by 0.7%, as compared with the corresponding gross production in the second quarter 2011.
 
In the first half 2012, gross production for NOVATEK totaled 28.70 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 2.13 million tons of liquids. Natural gas production increased by 3.14 billion cubic meters, or by 12.3%, whereas gross liquids production increased by 66 thousand tons, or by 3.2% as compared with the corresponding gross production in the first half 2011.
 
In the second quarter and first half 2012, NOVATEK processed 989 and 1,981 thousand tons, respectively, of unstable gas condensate at the Purovsky Gas Condensate Processing Plant.
 
The Company’s preliminary stable gas condensate export volumes amounted to 785 thousand tons for the second quarter 2012 as compared to 753 thousand tons in the corresponding period of 2011. At 30 June 2012, we had approximately 1,051 million cubic meters of natural gas and 295 thousand tons of stable gas condensate in transit or storage and recognized as inventory.
 
NOVATEK’s hydrocarbon production
 

2Q2011
2Q2012
YoY%
Gross production
1H2011
1H2012
HoH%
12.13
14.04
15.7%
Natural gas, bcm
25.56
28.70
12.3% 
1,038
1,045
0.7%
Liquids, mt
2,063
2,129
3.2% 

 

PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global LNG market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Upstream activities of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, which is the world’s largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia’s natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world’s gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation.