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Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Vladimir Artyakov, Governor of the Samara
region, signed a cooperation agreement between the company and the
region.
Under the
Agreement, LUKOIL will launch a
number of construction projects of new petroleum-product-supply facilities in
the Samara region, ensure an
uninterrupted supply of petroleum, oil and lubricants to the
local agro-industrial complex
during harvest time, as well as
the wholesale and retail
marketing of petroleum products.
LUKOIL
will also conduct continuous quality monitoring of the petroleum products
distributed in the Samara region by its subsidiaries and maintain control over
their compliance with the technical standards of the Russian
Federation.
The
administration of the region will assist LUKOIL enterprises within the scope of
its competence in obtaining land plots for petroleum-product-supply facilities,
involving the construction sector of the Samara region in implementation of the
Company's projects, as well as in combating petroleum-product trafficking.
The
document will serve as the basis for finalizing separate contracts and
agreements between LUKOIL and the Samara region in specific areas of cooperation.
The
Agreement went into effect the
day it was signed and will be valid for five years.
Currently,
LUKOIL runs 12 filling stations in the Samara
region.