LUKOIL IMPROVES ITS RANK IN PLATTS 2010 ‘TOP 250 ENERGY COMPANIES’ LIST

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

LUKOIL ranked 5th among European, Middle East and African companies and 10th among global companies in the American energy agency Platts 2010 ‘Top 250 Energy Companies’ List.

All companies were ranked by four main criteria, including asset value, revenues, profits and return on invested capital.

Valuation was performed based on Standard & Poor’s database which is, like Platts, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

In the 2009 ‘Top 250 Energy Companies’ rankings, LUKOIL held 8th and 12th places, in 2008 – the 8 th and 11 th places, in 2007 – the 6th and 11th places, in 2006 – the 6th and 15th places and in 2005 – the 9th and 16th places respectively.