Moscow (Platts)--17Dec2012/850 am EST/1350 GMT

Russia's state-owned gas giant Gazprom expects to produce around 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2013, roughly flat year-on-year, Russian media reported Monday citing the company's management committee deputy chairman Valery Golubev.

"It [the output] will reach around 500 Bcm, slightly higher than this year," Golubev was quoted as saying.

In 2011, Gazprom's gas production came to 513.2 Bcm, according to the company's data.

Additionally, in 2013, Gazprom plans to keep its gas imports from Turkmenistan at the current level, Golubev was reported as saying, providing no other details.

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In 2011, Gazprom imported 11.2 Bcm of gas from Turkmenistan for further re-exports, up from the 2010 figure of 10.7 Bcm but down from 11.8 Bcm in 2009.

--Dina Khrennikova, dina_khrennikova@platts.com
--Edited by Jeremy Lovell, jeremy_lovell@platts.com

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