BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OAO "LUKOIL" APPROVED THE LISTS OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDIT COMISSION

Monday, February 5, 2007

The Board of Directors of OAO “LUKOIL” held on February 3, 2007 specified the list of candidates for election of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting.

The list of candidates was based on the nominees put forward by shareholders that own at least two percent of the voting shares.

The following candidates were proposed to the Board of Directors by the shareholders:

1. Vagit Yu. Alekperov, President of OAO “LUKOIL”;

2. Igor V. Belikov, Director of the Russian Institute of Directors;

3. Mikhail P. Berezhnoi, General Director of the Non-State Pension Fund LUKOIL-GARANT;

4. Donald Evert Wallette (Jr.), President of Russia/Caspian Region, ConocoPhillips

5. Valery I. Grayfer, General Director of OAO “RITEK”;

6. Oleg E. Kutafin, Rector of the Moscow State Academy of Law;

7. Ravil U. Maganov, First Executive Vice President of OAO “LUKOIL”;

8. Richard H. Matzke, former Vice Chairman of Chevron Corporation;

9. Sergei A. Mikhailov, General Director of OOO Upravlyayuschaya kompaniya Management-Consulting;

10. Nikolai A. Tsvetkov, Chairman of OAO URALSIB Management Commettee;

11. Igor V. Sherkunov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO Investitsionnaya Gruppa Kapital [Capital Investment Group];

12. Alexander N. Shokhin, President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (employers).

The following candidates were nominated for the election of the Audit Commission:

1. Lyudmila M. Bulavina, Chief Accountant, OOO “LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft”;

2. Pavel G. Kondratiev, Chief Accountant of OAO “LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez”;

3. Vladimir N. Nikitenko, President of OAO Petrocommerce Bank.