Gazprom third quarter net profits double to over $ 10bn

Net profits in the third quarter of 2012 were 305.05 billion rubles ($10.05 billion) compared with 151.98 billion rubles ($5.07 billion) in the same period the previous year, the Russian state-controlled giant said in a statement.

Over the first nine months however profits were 12 percent lower than the same period last year, it said.