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ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - Lukoil

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<strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong>, <strong>2005</strong><br />

Fields and license areas of LUKOIL Group in the Northern Caspian<br />

Rakushechnoye<br />

100%<br />

V. Filanovsky<br />

100%<br />

100%<br />

50%<br />

Sarmatskoye<br />

Khvalynskoye<br />

Yu. Korchagin<br />

100%<br />

KAZAKHSTAN<br />

100%<br />

170 th Kilometer<br />

RUSSIAN<br />

FEDERATION<br />

Yalama-Samur<br />

100%<br />

25%<br />

Tsentralnoye<br />

The new field is the first predominantly oil field at LUKOIL's license areas in the Northern Caspian. Oil represents<br />

78% of total reserves, whereas all other fields, which the Company has discovered in the Caspian, contain<br />

mainly gas. Oil at the Filanovsky field is of remarkably high quality, with density of 44 API and 0.1% sulphur<br />

content. Because of this the oil is expected to have a price premium of $1.5 per barrel to Brent.<br />

Oil production potential at the Filanovsky field exceeds that at previously discovered Caspian fields,<br />

and it is the largest field discovered in Russia in the last 10 years. Preliminary calculations suggest that<br />

peak annual production at the field will be over 5 million tonnes, which will enable LUKOIL to significantly<br />

improve profitability margins of the high-cost Caspian business.<br />

During 10 years of work in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea LUKOIL has drilled 9 wells, and total estimated<br />

hydrocarbon discoveries in all categories (proved, probable and possible) are 4.0 billion boe. During the last five<br />

years LUKOIL has spent $200 million on resource base development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.<br />

LUKOIL is currently carrying out supplementary exploration and production preparations at fields in the<br />

Northern Caspian. In <strong>2005</strong> the Astrakhan Shipbuilding Company continued work on an ice-resistant<br />

stationary platform for use by LUKOIL on the Caspian Sea shelf. According to the schedule, the platform<br />

should be ready for towing out to sea in August 2008 and production at the Yu. Korchagin field<br />

will begin in the fourth quarter of the same year.<br />

That will mark the start of commercial oil & gas production at LUKOIL fields in the Northern Caspian.<br />

Other fields will be brought on stream one by one, and daily hydrocarbon production at fields in the<br />

Russian sector of the Caspian Sea should be in excess of 450,000 boe by 2015.<br />

The Caspian Sea has a high level of ecological sensitivity. LUKOIL therefore pays huge attention to<br />

ecological aspects of its work in the Caspian and treats avoidance of environmental hazards as the basic<br />

principle of its strategy in the region.<br />

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