No. 4, 2004

CONTENTS:

• A STEADY UPWARD CLIMB
  Interview with Sergey Oganesyan, Director of the Federal Energy Agency
• LUKOIL: FACTS AND FIGURES
  Events, Agreements, Meetings
• TO BYPASS OR NOT TO BYPASS?
  Prof. Yury Lavrov,
  Dr. Sc. (Politics) ,
  Prof. Valery Shchegortsov,
  Dr. Sc. (Philosophy)
  The problem of Turkey's straits in transporting oil from the Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins: possible solutions
• TIME OF CHANGE IN THE FAR NORTH
  Alexander Makarov
  JSC Naryanmarneftegaz is successfully developing hydrocarbons fields in the Far North
• NEW FRONTIERS FOR THE REFINING INDUSTRY
  Interview with Vladimir Zhukov, General Director of JSC LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez
• THE TERRITORY OF QUALITY
  Interview with Igor Fomin, General Director of JSC LUKOIL-Permnefteprodukt
• A REGION OF STRATEGIC INTEREST
  Vladimir Akramovsky
  LUKOIL is confidently carrying on its upstream projects in Kazakhstan
• A PIONEER OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP
  Prof. Sergey Peregudov,
  Dr. Sc. (History)
  Regarding the LUKOIL experience in addressingsocial tasks within the Company
• RELYING ON THE YOUNG
  Dmitry Gurtovoy,
  Alexander Ostapenko
  JSC LUKOIL-Perm trains young professionals on a regular, up-to-date basis
• OIL ARTERIES OF TOMORROW
  Alexander Arbatov,
  Dr. Sc., Deputy Chairman, Productive Forces Research Council, RF Ministry for Economic Development and the RAS
  Prospects for thedevelopment of Russia'spipeline transport
• STRENGTH LIES IN ENERGY INTEGRATION
  Vladimir Rogov
  The fuel and energy sector is an important factor of CIS member-states' integration
• SUM TOTAL OF TECHNOLOGIES
  Alexander Makarov
  Looking into the future of the Russian oil and gas industry
• VIETNAMESE OIL LATITUDES
  Prof. Vladilen Kashchavtsev,
  Dr. Sc. (Techn.)
  Outlook for Russian-Vietnamese mutually beneficial cooperation in oil and gas production remains bright
• THE ATTRACTION OF RUSSIAN OIL
  Konstantin Simonov,
  General Director, Political Situation Center,
  Andrey Fomin,
  an expert
  The plans of foreign capital to take part in Russia's oil and gas projects remain unchanged
• THE FIRST DECADE
  Vladimir Akramovsky
  The Moscow International Petroleum Club steps confidently into its second decade
• QUALITY COMES FIRST
  Alexander Volzhsky
• PENDING CHANGES
  Prof. Yury Yershov,
  Dr. Sc. (Economics), Member of the Academy of Economic Science and Entrepreneurship
  Time has proposed amendments to the Energy Charter Treaty
• THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS
  Tatyana Kichakova,
  Director for Development, Eurasia Fund in Russia
  Russian companies and the social responsibility of business
• IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
  Yelena Ostrovskaya,
  Cand. Sc. (Geography), Deputy Director, Caspian Marine Research Center
  Ecological component of oil companies' operations in the Caspian Sea
• THE STARTING POINTS OF OIL INDUSTRY
  Fikret Aliyev,
  LUKOIL President's representative in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, General Director of JSC LUKOIL-Azerbaijan
  From the history of the first oil boom in the Caspian region
• AN EPOCH-MAKING ACCOMPLISHMENT
  Alexander Matveichuk,
  Ph.D. (History)
  The industrial development of oil fields in Western Siberia began 40 years ago
• THE STORY OF AN ENGINEER
  Valery Andrianov
  An invention of Alexey Legkov, a Russian-born engineer from Venezuela, has won world recognition
• NARYAN-MAR A TOWN BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
  Alexander Makarov
• THE BOUNDS OF KINDNESS
  Dmitry Gurtovoy
  JSC LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft performs active charitable and sponsorship works in the area
• MAKING STEEP TURNS
  Alexander Seleznyov
  LUKOIL-Racing, Russia's strongest motor racing team, is a worthy representative of JSC LUKOIL in sports