Press releases

President of OAO “LUKOIL” Vagit Alekperov and Astrakhan Oblast Governor Alexander Zhilkin attended today in Astrakhan the ceremony to lay the capsule for the two combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants on site the city’s boiler station Tsentral’naya. The ceremony will mark the beginning of construction of the two units, totaling 235 Megawatts in power.

President of OAO “LUKOIL” Vagit Alekperov and the Governor of the Astrakhan Oblast Alexandr Zhilkin today in Astrakhan attended a ceremony to lay a corner stone for offshore oil and gas facilities at V. Filanovsky field.

The Government of the Russian Federation has honored employees of OAO “LUKOIL”, its subsidiaries and contractors with an award to distinguish their scientific and technical achievements in the development and implementation of innovative techniques and process solutions for the construction of an oil transportation system in the waters of the Arctic Ocean.

LUKOIL’s wholly owned subsidiary ОАО “RITEK” has sold 365 thousand tons of carbon units in the European emissions market pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol (1 carbon unit equals 1 ton of greenhouse gas emissions abatement in СО2 equivalent).

The OAO LUKOIL would like to announce that the Board of technical enquiry into the causes of the fire outbreak at the Stavrolen petrochemical facility and the ensuing breakdown of an ethylene-producing unit on December 15, 2011, completed its work on February 4, 2012.

Список кандидатур определен по предложениям акционеров - владельцев не менее, чем 2% голосующих акций. В Совет директоров выдвинуто 12 кандидатур, в том числе Президент ОАО «ЛУКОЙЛ» В.Ю.Алекперов; ранее занимавший должности Министра иностранных дел РФ И.С.Иванов и другие.

OAO LUKOIL finished an evaluation and independent audit of its oil and gas reserves as they stand on December 31, 2011. The evaluation was performed in accordance with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) standards until the economic limit of commercial production is reached.

LUKERG Renew and Raiffeisen Energy & Environment signed an agreement on the acquisition of a 100-percent stake in a wind farm near Dobrich, Bulgaria.

The OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to announce that Vladimir Zhukov, former Director General of OOO LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez, has been appointed Director General of OOO Stavrolen. Nikolay Degterev, former Director General of OOO Stavrolen, has retired on a pension.