In the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 this year, Gazprom produced 473.5 billion cubic meters of gas, an increase of 5.7 percent or 25.6 billion cubic meters against the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday.
Gazprom said that the company's gas sales in the domestic market via the national gas transmission system added 4.5 percent equivalent to 9.7 billion cubic meters.
Gazprom's exports to Europe in the first 11 and a half months of 2018 reached an estimated 188.3 billion cubic meters, rising by 2 percent against the same period of the record year 2017.
Compared to the same period of 2017, gas supplies to Germany rose by 9 percent, to Austria by 19.6 percent, and to Greece by 13.5 percent.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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