No. 4, 2012

CONTENTS:

• PIONEER THAT VENTURED ABROAD
  Pavel Bogomolov,
  Chief Editor of Petroleum News
  In December 2012, LUKOIL Overseas, operator of LUKOIL foreign upstream projects, celebrates its 15th anniversary
• FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Vadim Vorobyov, LUKOIL Vice-President for Petroleum Product Sales Coordination
• A LOAD TEST
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Denis Dolgov, LUKOIL Vice-President for Power Generation
• LUKOIL’S TURKISH MAIN LINE
  Vladimir Mishin
  The Russian oil giant is continuing its successful implementation of fuel projects in Asia Minor
• STEEL ARTERY TO VARANDEY
  Vladimir Igorev
  LUKOIL brings into operation the new Kharyaga-Yuzhnoye Khylchuyu oil pipeline
• NEW QUALITY BENCHMARKS
  Maria Kukhtar
  LUKOIL’s Volgograd Refinery goes ahead with its capacity upgrade and buildup program
• THE INTELLECTUAL CENTER OF TIMAN-PECHORA
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Alexander Danilenko, Deputy General Director of JSC LUKOIL-Engineering and Director of its subsidiary PechorNIPIneft in Ukhta
• LLK-INTERNATIONAL: ORIENTATED ON SUCCESS
  Anastasia Rybalchenko
  LUKOIL oils are confidently taking over the world market for lubricants
• THE OIL OF THE AMBER LAND
  Vladimir Igorev
  September 2012 marks 40 years since the establishment of Kaliningradneft, the state-owned enterprise reorganized as and renamed LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft in 1995
• RUSSIAN BENCHMARKS OF BLACK GOLD
  Anna Annenkova,
  Senior Analyst, Barrel Investment Company
  The Russian crude oil brands and their future on the global markets
• GAS TREASURE-TROVE AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Dmitry Kobylkin, Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area
• TO BUIILD AN ENERGY FUTURE SUSTAINABLE
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to S.Vijay Iyer, Director of the World Bank’s Sustainable Energy Department
• GLOBAL ENERGY VECTOR
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA)
• CHALLENGES FOR “OIL KINGDOM”
  Eldar Kasaev,
  Expert on investment in the Middle Eastern and African energy sector
  Saudi Arabia to spur up the oil industry development through the foreign investment and governmental programs
• VOICE OF GENEVA COMMODITY TRADING
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Jaсques-Olivier Thomann, President of Geneva Trading & Shipping Association (GTSA)
• THE MERIDIAN OF OIL DEVELOPMENT
  Stanislav Zhiznin,
  D. Sc. (Econ.), Professor Of Moscow State Institute (University) Of International Relations, President of the Center for Energy Diplomacy and Geopolitics
  On Russia’s energy diplomacy priorities
• WINDS OF CHANGE
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Stefan Gsaenger, Secretary General of World Wind Energy Association
• PERM INNOVATIONS IN ACTION
  Stanislav Slyusarev
  The enterprise’s success is guaranteed by active practical application of various innovative developments
• LONDON’S GOLDEN MOMENTS
  Vladimir Rogov
  The Russian team did well at the Summer Olympics in London
• LUKOIL’S GREEN STRATEGY
  Oil of Russia magazine talks to Igor Zaikin, Head of LUKOIL Department for Industrial Safety, Environment, Research and Technology
• THE PURE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH
  Maria Kotova
  JSC LUKOIL-Western Siberia has for many years been helping maintain the traditions of the northern peoples
• FIRST OIL OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC
  Alexander Matveichuk,
  Ph. D. (History), Member, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
  On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Northern Sea Route and the 30th anniversary of the world’s first oil field discovered in the Arctic
• AMERICAN CRACKING FOR SOVIET REFINING
  Yury Evdoshenko,
  Ph.D (History)
  In the 1930s, cracking production was established on the basis of the latest US technologies
• NIZHNY NOVGOROD, PEARL OF THE VOLGA
  Igor Veshny