Russia Jan oil output edges down, gas rises

MOSCOW Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian oil production edged down to 10.04 million barrels per day in January 2010 from 10.05 million barrels in December 2009, an Energy Ministry official told Reuters on Tuesday. It was the fifth successive month when Russian oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day.

Natural gas production rose in January to 2.06 billion cubic metres (bcm) per day from 2.02 bcm per day in December, the official said by telephone.

Russian natural gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) produced 1.64 bcm per day in January, up slightly from the 1.63 bcm per day that it produced in December. (Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin, writing by Robin Paxton)