AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam's crude oil output in February is estimated at 1.06 million tonnes (277,000 barrels per day), down 17.2 percent from a year earlier, the government said on Tuesday.

Crude oil output in January 2016 was revised up slightly to 1.20 million tonnes, from 1.19 million tonnes previously, the General Statistics Office said in its monthly report. Vietnam's crude oil exports in the first two months are estimated at 1.04 million tonnes, or 129,000 bpd, down 9.6 percent from last year, the government's General Statistics Office said.

The following table updates production figures for Vietnam's key energy items this month.

Units: Oil, coal and LPG in tonnes; natural gas in billion cubic metres; electricity in billion kilowatt hours.

Feb 2017  

Jan-Feb 2017  

*Change y/y  

Targets 2017

 Crude oil    

1,060,000     

2,261,500        

-15.6     

14.20 mln

 Coal         

3,193,800     

5,908,700         

-6.3           

N/A

 Natural gas       

0.75          

1.48        

-16.8          

9.61

 LPG             

59,000       

128,600         

-8.5           

N/A

 Electricity       

13.1          

26.5          

8.4           

N/A

NOTE: Crude oil and natural gas 2017 targets by PetroVietnam. Other targets will be updated once available.