LUKOIL total hydrocarbon production increased by 1.8% in the first half of 2010

Crude oil production by LUKOIL Group in the first half of 2010 totalled 48.14 mln tons. Natural and petroleum gas output of LUKOIL Group available for sale was 9.24 bcm (grew by 25.6% y-o-y): output as part of international projects totalled 2.48 bcm, output in Russia was 6.76 bcm.
Throughputs at the Company’s refineries (including its share in throughput at ISAB and TRN refining complexes) increased by 8.2% y-o-y in the first half of 2010 and reached 32.41 mln tons. Throughputs at the Company’s refineries in Russia increased by 1.5% y-o-y, throughputs at the Company’s international refineries grew by 26.1% y-o-y.