OIL EXTRACTION VOLUME INCREASED BY 11.2%

A&G Information Services 09-10-2003 OIL EXTRACTION VOLUME INCREASED BY 11.2% ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, SEP 8, 2003 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- InJanuary-August 2003 the volume of oil and gasextraction in Russia increased by 11.2% incomparison with the same period of 2002 - up to275.12 million tons. In August 2003 about 36.36million tons of oil ...