
LUKOIL
and GAZPROM NEFT establish a joint venture
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com, Dec 31, 2007
OAO
LUKOIL and OAO GAZPROM NEFT have established a joint
venture, OOO Oil and Gas Company “Regional Development”.
The relevant documents were signed by Vagit Alekperov,
President of OAO LUKOIL, and Alexander Dyukov, President
of OAO GAZPROM NEFT.
OAO LUKOIL owns a 49 percent stake in the authorized capital
of the joint venture, OAO GAZPROM NEFT has a 51 percent
stake. The authorized capital of the enterprise will be
comprised of monetary contributions. The joint venture
will be managed on a parity basis.
The joint venture will focus on acquiring rights for subsurface
use, geological survey of subsurface areas, exploration
and production of hydrocarbons, field development, implementation
of infrastructure-related projects, transportation and
marketing of produced hydrocarbon materials.
‘The joint venture of LUKOIL and GAZPROM NEFT is
an efficient tool of mutually beneficial cooperation between
Russia’s major oil companies which possess a great
production and financial potential required for implementing
major projects’, Vagit Alekperov said.
Commented
Alexander Dyukov: ‘Cooperation between
GAZPROM NEFT and LUKOIL within the JV framework is going
to expand the areas of both companies’ presence and
enhance the efficiency of new field development’.
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