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By Reuters Staff (Adds detail) MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom on Thursday increased its forecast for gas output for 2021 to 506.5 billion cubic metres (bcm), up from a previous forecast of 497 bcm and the largest since 2011, thanks to a recovery in demand. Gazprom has seen higher demand in Europe, where it accounts for more than a third of the gas market share, following a cold winter and easing of COVID-19 lockdowns. The forceast production would be the highest since 2011, when Gazprom produced 513.2 bcm. Last year the company produced 452.7 bcm of gas. Vitaly Markelov, a deputy Gazprom head, told an online briefing that the company has already exceeded its first-quarter production forecast by around 6.6 bcm.

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