* Third consecutive month above 10 mln bpd

* Fourth consecutive monthly record

* Pumping more oil than Saudi Arabia

* Nov natural gas output up 9.7 pct

* Gazprom Nov output up 8.3 pct

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MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Russia produced more than 10 million barrels per day of oil for the third consecutive month in November to retain its position ahead of Saudi Arabia as the world’s top producer, Energy Ministry data showed on Wednesday.

Russian output reached 10.07 million bpd last month, setting a new post-Soviet record for the fourth straight month, as state-run sector leader Rosneft's ROSN.MM Vankor field ramped up production. Russia had produced 10.04 million bpd in October.

Russia, where oil is the key revenue earner for the budget, has reversed last year’s decline in production by introducing a more benign tax regime and launching new fields in remote areas of eastern Siberia and the Arctic.

Saudi Arabia, historically the leading producer, has restricted output in line with OPEC output cuts and pumped around 8.13 million bpd in November.

The Saudi figure excludes a type of light oil known as condensate, which is included in the Russian total.

Russia is also the world’s largest natural gas producer and posted a 9.7 percent increase in output last month.

Daily November gas output rose to 1.93 billion cubic metres from 1.76 bcm in October, the ministry data showed.

Gazprom GAZP.MM, the country's state-controlled gas export monopoly, produced 1.57 bcm per day in November, an 8.3 percent increase on the 1.45 bcm it produced a month earlier. (Reporting by Robin Paxton; editing by James Jukwey) ((robin.paxton@reuters.com; +7 495 775 1242; Reuters Messaging: robin.paxton.reuters.com@reuters.net))