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Press Release

LUKOIL REPORTS PRELIMINARY OPERATING DATA FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2017

{ 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM }

LUKOIL Group’s daily hydrocarbon production excluding West Qurna-2 project for the first six months of 2017 increased by 1.5% year-on-year to 2,217 thousand boe per day. In the second quarter of 2017 production was 2,222 thousand boe per day, representing a 0.4% growth quarter-on-quarter. The increase in production was driven by the development of gas projects.

Hydrocarbon production, thousand boe per day

2Q 20171Q 2017 6M 20176M 2016
2,2222,213Total (excluding West Qurna-2 project)2,2172,185


LUKOIL Group's crude oil production in the second quarter of 2017 amounted to 21.8 million tonnes. The quarter-on-quarter decline was due to the temporary external limitations of Russian companies' production volumes. For the first six months of 2017 oil production was 43.6 million tonnes. The year-on-year dynamics was mainly driven by the reduction in compensation crude oil volumes from the West Qurna-2 project in Iraq.

Planned production growth continued at V. Filanovsky and Pyakyakhinskoe fields and amounted to 25.8% and 11.7% quarter-on-quarter, respectively.

Oil production, thousand tonnes

2Q 20171Q 2017 6M 20176M 2016
21,30621,397
Total (excluding West Qurna-2 project)
42,70343,264
20,37420,442Russia40,81641,371
20,12020,178Subsidiaries40,29840,903
254264Share in affiliates518468
932955Outside Russia1,8871,893
496517Subsidiaries1,0131,000
436438Share in affiliates874893
482405Compensation oil from West Qurna-2 project8873,510
21,78821,802Total43,59046,774


LUKOIL Group's gas production for the second quarter of 2017 increased by 7.6% quarter-on-quarter and amounted to 7.0 bcm. As a result, for the first six months of 2017 LUKOIL produced 13.4 bcm of gas, which is 9.4% higher year-on-year. Production dynamics was positively impacted by the launch of gas facilities at Pyakyakhinskoe field in the beginning of 2017 and the development of gas projects in Uzbekistan.

Gas production, million cubic meters

2Q 20171Q 2017 6M 20176M 2016
6,9526,459Total13,41112,261
4,6464,330Russia8,9767,998
4,6214,307Subsidiaries8,9287,957
2523Share in affiliates4841
2,3062,129Outside Russia4,4354,263
2,1031,924Subsidiaries4,0273,864
203205Share in affiliates408399


Refinery throughput at LUKOIL Group's refineries in the second quarter of 2017 was 16.4 million tonnes, which is 1.2% higher quarter-on-quarter. For the first six months of 2017, refinery throughput was 32.6 million tonnes, a 1.1% increase year-on-year.

The quarter-on-quarter positive dynamics was mainly attributable to the increase in the utilization rate at our refinery in Romania after maintenance in the first quarter of 2017. A moderate decrease of Company's throughput volumes in Russia was driven by repair works at Perm refinery, while utilization rates at refineries in Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd increased due to seasonal factors.

In the first six months of 2017, throughput volumes at our refineries in Russia increased by 5.1% year-on-year primarily due to maintenance works at refineries in Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd in the first half of 2016.

Refinery throughput, thousand tonnes

2Q 20171Q 2017 6M 20176M 2016
16,39416,196Total for LUKOIL Group refineries32,59032,220
10,44710,506Russia20,95319,937
5,9475,690Outside Russia11,63712,283
5,3595,119Oil processing10,4789,538
588571Refined products processing1,1592,745
1,6781,396Third party refineries abroad3,074165


Note:

LUKOIL will release its Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the second quarter and the first six months of 2017 prepared in accordance with IFRS and MD&A on August 29, 2017.

The information in this press release is an estimate of the LUKOIL Group's results for the second quarter and the first six months of 2017 and therefore constitutes forward-looking statements. This information is preliminary and based on information available at the date of this document, and may be revised after statistical, financial, tax and accounting statements become available. The information on the LUKOIL Group's operational results in this press release are subject to many external factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in this press release for the second quarter and the first six months of 2017. The LUKOIL Group assumes no obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

This document does not constitute or form part of an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity with, or any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities of, the LUKOIL Group, nor shall any part of it nor the fact of its distribution form part of or be relied on in connection with any contract or investment decision relating thereto, nor does it constitute a recommendation regarding the securities of, or any investment in, the LUKOIL Group.


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