Crude oil production has declined marginally by 0.5 % in the country during April-December this fiscal, while refining and natural gas output went up by 3.7 and 27 %, respectively, according to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
A latest data released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas indicate that crude oil production in April to December period this fiscal was recorded at 25.43 mm tons compared with 25.57 mm tons in the same period last fiscal.

The refining production stood at 120.44 mm tons during the first nine months of this financial year, against 116.10 a year ago, the release said. The natural gas production was recorded at 25,001 mm cm as compared with 24,332 mm cm during the same period last fiscal.
The overall crude processing in December was 106.3 % of the installed capacity as compared with 103.5 % in the month a year ago.

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