Vagit
Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL, and Valentina Matvienko, Governor of Saint
Petersburg, signed a Cooperation Agreement for 2008-2012 in Saint Petersburg
today.
This
Agreement in particular stipulates supplies and sales by LUKOIL of various high
quality oil products, including EURO-3 and EURO-4 gasoline and diesel fuel.
Moreover, it covers construction of brand-new environmentally safe gas stations
within the city, implementation of joint social and economic programs,
specifically concerning promotion of employment and development of Saint
Petersburg infrastructure.
The
Agreement also calls for assistance of the city authorities pertaining to paper
work required for construction and commissioning of new facilities,
environmental and industrial safety control.
Currently
LUKOIL’s gas station network is the largest in the North-West of Russia
numbering 193 sites. Most of them (129 units) are located in Saint Petersburg.
13 new stations were commissioned in the city this year. In 2007
OOO LUKOIL-Severozapadnefteprodukt, a subsidiary of LUKOIL, remitted RUR740
million to budgets of all levels. Last spring this business unit was named “The
Best Taxpayer of the Year” by the Government of Saint
Petersburg.
“LUKOIL
has already been closely interacting with the Government of the city for ten
years. The initial Agreement, which defined main guidelines of our cooperation,
was signed in December 1997. During the past years both parties met all
undertaken commitments. I am sure that this new cooperation program will be
successfully implemented in the best interests of the residents of the “Northern
Capital” as well as of our shareholders,” Vagit Alekperov, President of OAO
LUKOIL, said.