Oil of Russia

OIL OF RUSSIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Copyright © 2011 by Vagit Alekperov

All rights reserved.

Translated from the Russian by

Paul B. Gallagher and Thomas D. Hedden

Assisted by Todd Jackson

pbg translations, inc.

Edited by Alex Lane and Laurence Bogoslaw

Managing Editor Ana K. Niedermaier

Cover Design by OROPACK Design Bureau

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Alekperov, V. IU. (Vagit IUsufovich), 1950-

Oil of Russia: past, present, and future / Vagit Alekperov; translated from the Russian by Paul B. Gallagher and Thomas D. Hedden. – 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-879944-07-7 (hardcover)

1. Petroleum industry and trade-Russia (Federation)–History. 2. Lukoil (Firm)–History. I. Title.

HD9575.R82A6194 2011

338.2’7280947–dc22

2010040119

All photographs, artwork, pictures and illustrations contained in this book have been used with the express written consent of the LUKOIL Oil Company.

Published by East View Press,

an imprint of East View Information Services, Inc.

Minneapolis

Printed in the United States of America

First Edition 2011

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