Natural gas output at
Russian producer OAO Novatek (NVTK.RS) could increase by 7%-11% in this year,
Interfax quoted the company's chief executive as saying Friday.
CEO Leonid Mikhelson added that the company had originally planned to increase
production by 6%-7%, Interfax reported.
Novatek, part-owned by France's
Total SA (TOT), is Russia's
second largest natural gas producer.