Press releases

Today, Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, and Valentina Matvienko, Governor of Saint-Petersburg, took part in the official ceremony to commission Russia’s first “water-shore” double-purpose fuelling station.

Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, and Valentina Matvienko, Governor of Saint-Petersburg, signed a Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the City Administration and the Company.

OAO LUKOIL has completed today the stock exchange bond offering of the BO-18, BO-19, BO-20 series, each worth RUR 5 billion. The bonds, placed at MICEX, will mature in 364 days.

OAO LUKOIL’s Press Service informs that Report No. 58-2009/CS GSM produced by GosNII GA (State Research Institute of Civil Aviation) on testing fuel samples taken on May 26, 2009 at OOO LUKOIL-AERO-Perm process facilities expressly sets out that the fuel quality is fully compliant with the existing standards.

The transaction amount is expected to be approximately USD 725 million, including inventory. The transaction closing is expected to take place before the end of this year upon completion of certain standard conditions precedent.

According to LUKOIL Press Service, yesterday in Moscow a work meeting was held between OAO LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov and OAO AK Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev.

Today in Moscow General Director of LITASCO (LUKOIL global trader) Gati Al-Jebouri and President of Unipec Asia Company Ltd. (Sinopec Trader) Dai Zhaoming have signed a frame agreement on oil supplies.

The Press Service of OAO LUKOIL reports that state corporation “The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs” (Vnesheconombank) became a major shareholder of OAO LUKOIL.

Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, and Igor Fyodorov, Head of the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous District signed Protocol No. 3 to the Cooperation Agreement between the Company and the District.