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New Delhi, June 27 Better performance by public sector ONGC has propelled 3.2 per cent rise in the domestic crude oil production in May compared with the same month last year, while the refinery output remained flat.

The crude oil production in May stood at 2.908 million tonnes (up from 2.818 million tonnes), while refinery production remained nearly flat at 13.344 million tonnes.

During the April-May period, domestic crude output increased 2.1 per cent to 5.781 million tonnes. A Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry data showed that natural gas output rose 10.2 per cent to 2.89 billion cubic metres (BCM) last month.

The 17 public sector and two private sector refiners produced 13.344 million tonnes in May (13.326 million tonnes). Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar refinery produced 1.3 per cent more fuel at 3.18 million tonnes. The refinery’s output was up 2.1 per cent at 26.396 million tonnes in April-May, the data showed. In May, the refineries operated at 105.6 per cent of their capacity and at 104.1 per cent in April-May.

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