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Russia to Top Record 2009 Oil Output Next Year
Dow Jones Newswires|Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Russia, which has now surpassed Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer, expects to top record 2009 output next year due to production from new oil fields, the deputy energy minister said Tuesday.
Sergei Kudryashov predicted 2010 production would be more than 490 million metric tons, the official output forecast for 2009: "This has been written into the budget," he was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
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