President of Russian oil group Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, addresses the media during a press conference following the announcement of their full year results at the Metropolitan Hotel in central London on March 7, 2013. Lukoil on March 7 posted a record 6.2 per cent increase in net income for 2012 to 11 billion USD.
Vagit Alekperov, CEO of Russian oil and gas company Lukoil, speaks at a press conference for the company's annual results, in London, Thursday, March, 7, 2013.
Members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneur, with from left: Deputy Premier Vladislav Surkov, Premier Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman Alexander Shokhin, President of Evraz Group Alexander Abramov, and Lukoil President Vagit Alikperov, attend a meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.
The company logo is seen on a priceboard at a Lukoil service station in St. Petersburg November 27, 2012. Iraq would favour bids by Russia's Lukoil and China's CNPC if they decided to buy Exxon Mobil's stake in the super-giant West Qurna-1 oilfield, a senior oil ministry official said earlier this month.
Japanese Inpex company's senior vice president Yasuhisa Kanehara (L) and executive officer Tetsuro Tochikawa (R) prepare to sign a contract in Baghdad on November 7, 2012. Iraq signed a deal with Russia's Lukoil and Japan's Inpex to explore an area believed to contain oil, the latest step in Baghdad's efforts to boost its role as a key global energy supplier.
(R to L) Abdul Mahdi al-Amidi, head of the Iraqi oil ministry's contracting and licensing department, Dhia Jaafar, head of Iraq's South Oil Company, Gati al-Jebouri, executive director and chief commercial officer for Russian energy company Lukoil Mid-East, Tetsuro Tochikawa, executive officer of the Japanese Inpex company, Victor Nosenkov, project manager for Russian energy company Lukoil Mid-East and Yasuhisa Kanehara, senior vice president of the Japanese Inpex company pose for a picture after signing a contract in Baghdad on November 7, 2012. Iraq signed a deal with Russia's Lukoil and Japan's Inpex to explore an area believed to contain oil, the latest step in Baghdad's efforts to boost its role as a key global energy supplier.
