OREANDA-NEWS. In 2015, NOVATEK our natural gas sales volumes totaled 62.5 bcm as compared to 67.2 bcm in 2014. Lower natural gas sales volumes were mainly a result of warmer weather conditions in 2015 compared to 2014, as well as one of our major customers not taking temporarily its full contracted volumes due to technical reasons. As at 31 December 2015, the total amount of natural gas recorded as inventory aggregated 1.3 bcm.

Our liquid hydrocarbon sales volumes amounted to a record high of 12.9 million tons, representing an 81.8% increase as compared to 2014.

The significant increase was due to production growth at the Arcticgas fields, the launch of the Termokarstovoye field and an increase of crude oil production by subsidiaries. As at 31 December 2015, 910 thousand tons of liquid hydrocarbons were in transit or storage and recognized as inventory.