BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 25. Kyrgyzstan extracted 12.6 million cubic meters of natural gas from January through May 2024, which is 10.6 percent less than the 14.1 million cubic meters produced during the same period in 2023, Trend reports.
According to the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan, the country produced 2.1 million cubic meters of natural gas in May 2024 alone, a 12.5 percent decrease from the 2.4 million cubic meters produced in May 2023.
The country has 7 oil deposits, 4 oil and gas deposits, 2 gas deposits, and 1 oil and gas condensate deposit.
In the broader field of mineral extraction, Kyrgyzstan's production reached a value of 22.956 billion soms ($264.794 million) for the first five months of 2024, with a physical volume index at 92.5 percent of what it was during the same period in 2023.
However, the extraction of coal, including both stone and brown coal (lignite), fell by 10.4 percent, and the production of metallic ores declined by 9.9 percent compared to January–May 2023.
Despite these decreases, the extraction of other minerals rose by 19.9 percent. Overall, the combined extraction of crude oil and natural gas saw a modest increase of 0.3 percent.