Gazprom increases gas production by 13% in 2017

In January-April 2017, Gazprom increased gas production by 13% to 162.6 billion cubic meters of gas compared to the same period of the previous year, the company reported.

The approved volume of Gazprom's production for this year is 430.44 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 2.7% higher than for the previous year, when gas production amounted to 419.1 billion cubic meters, the deputy chairman of the company's board, Vsevolod Markelov said, RIA Novosti reports.