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Russian March Crude Oil Production Rises Annual 3.4 Percent

April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Russia, the world's second-largest oil supplier, produced 3.4 percent more crude oil and oil condensate in March than in the same month last year.

Crude output climbed to 9.87 million barrels a day (41.76 million tons) from 9.46 million barrels a day in the same month a year earlier, according to data released today by CDU TEK, the Energy Ministry's dispatch center.

The monthly gain was 0.1 percent, after the country produced 9.86 million barrels a day of crude in February.