Russ Oil-Gas

04.03.2009 - Interfax - Gazprom is now producing an average of 1.122 billion cubic meters of gas per day, or 30.5% less than a year ago, the Fuel and Energy Central Dispatch Center said. The Russian gas giant began March by producing just over 1.3 bcm per day, lowering this first by 80 million cubic meters and, in the period March 12-17, by another 90 million cubic meters (the later reduction taking place in three phases). It produced a steady 1.219 bcm per day between March 17 and March 29, when it started to scale output down further.