PRESS SERVICE STATEMENT

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to announce that Vladimir Zhukov, former Director General of OOO LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez, has been appointed Director General of OOO Stavrolen. Nikolay Degterev, former Director General of OOO Stavrolen, has retired on a pension.

Vasily Anisimov, former First Deputy Director General and Chief Engineer of OOO LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka, has been appointed Director General of OOO LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez.

The Press Service also announces that the newly appointed Director General of OOO LUKOIL-Severo-Zapadnefteprodukt is now Maksim Khitrov, former Director General of LUKOIL-Romania. The former Director General of this organization, Vladimir Kaluzhenov, has retired on a pension.

The new Director of LUKOIL-Romania is Viktor Zhumbey, who formerly was the First Deputy Director of this organization.