Press releases

Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Vladimir Artyakov, Governor of the Samara region, signed a cooperation agreement between the company and the region.

Yesterday, the OAO LUKOIL Board of Directors approved, by absentee ballot, issue documents for registration of a Program for Non-Convertible Interest-Bearing Documentary Ruble Bonds (‘the Program’) of the following series: 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, with a total nominal value of RUR 100 billion, placed through public subscription.

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts presented two OAO LUKOIL-supported projects to the general public in Moscow today, namely a restored ancient bath-tub and a numismatic site of the museum.

Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, signed a cooperation agreement today between the Company and the government of the Republic of Tatarstan as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

LUKOIL participated in an international exercise in the Caspian Sea today aimed at the offshore emergency response and containment of possible oil spills in the northern Caspian Sea.

An exhibition titled “The Familiar Unknown” was opened today in Moscow at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, supported by OAO LUKOIL. The exhibition is dedicated to publishing the complete academic catalog “Painting Collection. Germany, Austria and Switzerland of the 15th through the 20th Centuries. Denmark,Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland of the 18th through the 20th Centuries”.

LUKOIL won “The Formula of the Future" contest arranged as part of the 2nd Annual All-Russia Festival of Social Programs.

Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, met with Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan today to discuss implementation of the cooperation agreement signed by the Company and the Republic in 2007 and valid till December 31, 2011.

LUKOIL publishes consolidated US GAAP financial accounts for the first quarter of 2010.