JAKARTA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's oil lifting (post-sale production) in the first half of this year reached 578,000 barrels per day (bpd), falling short of the state budget target of 605,000 bpd, according to Djoko Siswanto, head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force, on Monday.

In contrast, natural gas production during the same period reached 6,820 million standard cubic feet per day, exceeding the state budget target, Djoko said.

He noted that several oil blocks were expected to come onstream in the second half of the year. ■