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US overtakes Russia as largest gas producer

US overtakes Russia as largest gas producer
# 12 January 2010 15:35 (UTC +04:00)
Baku – APA-Economics. The US eclipsed past Russia in 2009 to become the world’s biggest gas producer, industry data showed.

News that the US left Russia behind was spread by Russian business daily Vedomosti citing the data released by the Russian Ministry of Energy and US Energy Information Administration.

According to the available data, Russia’s gas output declined by 12.4% from 644.999 billion cubic meters to 582.353 billion cubic meters in 2009 while the United States saw gas production at 620.2 billion cubic meters during January-October 2009 alone.

Russia sits atop the world’s largest proven gas reserves, while the US ranks fifth.
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