Q1 2011 oil production output 3.5% up

In the Q1 2011 Kazakhstan produced a total of 17 163 100 tons of crude oil and 3 272 400 tons of condensed gas, 3.5% and 4.3% up against the like period of 2010 respectively, the State Agency for Statistics reports. Natural gas production output for the period made up 10 184 800 000 cubic meters, 6.5% up against the same period of 2010. Associated gas production totaled 5 207 700 000 cubic meters (7.5% up), Interfax – Kazakhstan reports.