LUKOIL IS INCLUDED IN PLATTS TOP 250 GLOBAL ENERGY COMPANY RANKINGS

Friday, December 2, 2005

LUKOIL ranks 9 among the European companies and 16 among the global companies in 2005 Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings, performed by Platts, US based energy agency.

The companies were apprised based on four principals – size of assets, level of income, profit and internal rate of return.

The appraisal was done based on Standard & Poor’s data which is, like Platts, a division of McGraw-Hill Group.