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

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

LUKOIL ranked 8th among European,Middle East and African companies and 11th among global companies in the American energy agency Platts 2008 ‘Top 250 Energy Companies’ List.

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

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

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