By Joe Hoppe

Novatek said Thursday that its total hydrocarbon production and sales volumes for 2021 rose on year.

The Russian energy company said it produced 626.0 million barrels of oil equivalent, up 2.9% on-year, including 79.89 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 12.3 million metric tons of liquids--gas condensate and crude oil.

Including shares in joint ventures, the company produced 1.72 million barrels of oil equivalent a day for the year, representing an increase of 3.2% compared with 2020.

The company said it sold 75.81 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the year, up 0.3% on 2020. Petroleum product sales volumes aggregated 6.8 million.

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01-13-22 0612ET