An
extended meeting of OAO LUKOIL Board of Directors took place in Moscow today. It was
dedicated to the production and financial performance of the Company in the
first half of 2010.
Specifically,
it was noted that the oil stock processing at the Company’s refineries* totaled
32.41 million tons within the reporting period, which is a 8.2% increase
compared to the same period of 2009. The Company's share in the processing
volume at the ISAB (Sicily) and TRN (the
Netherlands) complexes during the
first half of 2010 came to 5.4 million tons.
Compared
with the same period of 2009, the output of high-octane gasoline at LUKOIL
Russian refineries has increased by 6.6% and EURO-compliant diesel fuel by
27.9%. The share of EURO-compliant automobile gasoline within the total gasoline
output at Russian refineries rose to 90.5% in the first half of 2010 as against
the same period of 2009.
The total
sales volume of gasoline and diesel fuel of the new EKTO generation rose in
Russia by 33%, up to about 1.3
million tons. One hundred and sixty-one thousand tons of EKTO fuel were sold
overseas, a four-fold increase over the same period of
2009.
The sales
volume of branded oils in Russia and overseas exceeded the
corresponding figure of 2009 by 57% and totaled 139,600 tons within the
reporting period.
* Including mini-refineries, Company’s share in ISAB Complex and TRN Refinery and
excluding fuel oil processed at Burgas Refinery.