据世界天然气网站5月17日报道，与2018年同期相比，俄罗斯天然气巨头俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司在2019年的前四个半月增加了天然气产量。

俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司通过其社交媒体渠道表示，从2019年1月1日至5月15日，该公司生产了约202亿立方米的天然气。

与2018年同期相比，这一数字增长了2.1%，即42亿立方米。

该公司补充说，国内天然气输送系统对天然气的需求下降了3.5%，即41亿立方米。

根据初步数据，俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司在此期间向欧洲输送的天然气达到72.3亿立方米，与2018年创纪录的前四个半月相比，下降了7.3%。

不过，同期俄罗斯天然气进口在几个国家出现增长，其中匈牙利增长51.7%，奥地利增长21.9%，捷克增长39.5%，斯洛伐克增长18.8%，法国增长5.3%，意大利增长2.6%。

今年5月1日至15日，俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司对欧洲的天然气出口同比增长2.4%。

俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司还提供了北溪2号天然气管道建设的最新情况。该公司表示，在波罗的海铺设了1249公里长的管道，占管道总长度的50.9%。

李方征 编译自 世界天然气

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Gazprom’s year-to-date production rises by more than 2 percent

Russian gas giant Gazprom has increased gas production for the first four and a half months of 2019 when compared to the same period in 2018.

Gazprom said via its social media channels that, from January 1 through May 15, 2019, the company produced an estimated 202 billion cubic meters of gas.

That figure represents an increase of 2.1 percent or 4.2 billion cubic meters against the same period of 2018.

The company added that the demand for natural gas from the national gas transmission system in the domestic market went down by 3.5 percent or 4.1 billion cubic meters.

According to preliminary data, Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe in this period amounted to 72.3 bcm, down by 7.3 percent compared to the first four and a half months in the record year of 2018.

Nevertheless, imports of Russian gas for the period grew in several countries, namely Hungary by 51.7 percent, Austria by 21.9 percent, the Czech Republic by 39.5 percent, Slovakia by 18.8 percent, France by 5.3 percent, and Italy by 2.6 percent.

From May 1 through 15 of this year, Gazprom’s gas exports to Europe also went up by 2.4 percent compared to the same period in 2018.

Gazprom also provided an update for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The company stated that 1,249 kilometers of pipes, 50.9 percent of the pipeline’s total length, were laid in the Baltic Sea.

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