Lukoil

Lukoil In Figures

2022 hydrocarbons production: 2.3 million boepd

2022 refining throughput: 1.4 million bpd

Russia’s Lukoil is one of the largest oil and gas companies worldwide. Following 30 years in the oil and gas sector, Lukoil now operates in more than 30 countries, and its products are found in more than 100. The company is vertically integrated and operates across the entire oil and gas value chain.

Lukoil has three main areas of business:

  • Technology: High-viscosity oil production methods and other unconventional reserve techniques, enhanced oil recovery, small-diameter wells, three-string wells, environmentally friendly seismic prospecting, AC electric motors and new waste recycling technology 
  • Upstream: exploration and oil and gas production
  • Downstream: Oil refining, gas processing, petrochemicals production, power generation from non-renewable and renewable energy, retail sales through a network of 5,300 petrol stations and wholesale and trading

The company further sells numerous products:

  • Petroleum products: Fuel, liquified hydrocarbon gas, fuel oil and coke
  • Gas: Natural gas and liquified petroleum gas
  • Petrochemicals: Low-pressure polyethylene, polypropylene, petroleum benzene, stabilised vinyl acetate, technical acrylonitrile, sodium cyanide, petroleum toluene, butylene-butadiene fraction, heavy petroleum resins, liquid hydrocarbons and flammable liquids
  • Aviation: Fuelling and related quality-control services
  • Marine: Marine oils and marine fuel bunkering
  • Oil Trading: Export of oil and petroleum products

Lukoil also has its own brands:

  • Genesis oils: High-quality synthetic oils 
  • Ecto Fuel: Euro 5 fuels
  • Eco Euro Fuel: Euro 5 petrol and diesel

Lukoil’s mission is to make natural resources serve the interests of mankind. To that end, the company has conducted its business according to the principles of sustainable development since its incorporation. Its approach to sustainability aligns with the UN Global Compact, of which the company has been a member since 2008. 

Lukoil News and Interviews

EU expands oil sanctions, targeting traders allegedly linked to Russia
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Multinational - December 19, 2025

The EU has expanded sanctions on companies allegedly linked to Russia’s shadow oil fleet.

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Russia’s Lukoil accepts Gunvor offer to buy international assets
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Multinational - October 31, 2025

Lukoil has accepted Gunvor’s offer to acquire its global unit Lukoil International amid sanctions-related divestments.

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BP awards $700 million in contracts for Azeri gas compression project
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Azerbaijan - October 15, 2025

The BP-led Shah Deniz consortium has awarded $700 million in contracts for its offshore gas compression project in Azerbaijan.

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UAE - May 30, 2025

In addition to breaking ground on record-breaking energy projects, the UAE is fast-tracking initiatives to become a global green…

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Iran oil exports soar by 500,000 bpd
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Iran - February 22, 2016

Iran has increased oil exports by 500,000 bpd after sanctions were lifted in January, the director of international affairs for state-run National Iranian Oil Company,…

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Bashneft in Lukoil crosshairs
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Russia - February 12, 2016

Russian major Lukoil, the country’s largest privately owned company, has signalled interest in purchasing compatriots Bashneft, which might come on the market as part…

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Iranian crude flowing to markets
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Netherlands - February 08, 2016

Oil trader Vitol confirmed over the weekend that it had purchased a batch of Iranian crude, with company CEO Ian Taylor commenting to Bloomberg that it was “very much…

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Lukoil Europe sells petrol stations
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Russia - February 05, 2016

Lukoil Europe Holdings and AMIC Energy Management have agreed on the sale of close to 230 petrol stations across Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in a deal announced on…

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Lukoil makes gas discovery off Romania
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Romania - October 15, 2015

Lukoil has encountered gas in a deepwater well in Romania’s Trident block, the company said on Wednesday.

The Russian state operator made the find in the Lira 1X…

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Wood Group clinches Kazakhstan contract
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USA - October 07, 2015

Wood Group has clinched a multi-million-dollar contract from US engineering company Bechtel for automation services at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz field, the Aberdeen-based…

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Mexico okays 14 for Round 1’s stage 2
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Mexico - August 21, 2015

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission has pre-qualified 14 bidders on five development blocks for the second phase of the Round One tender, the country’s first…

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Lukoil buys foothold in Russian Arctic
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Russia - August 17, 2015

Russia’s Lukoil has beat out majority state-owned rival Rosneft to win an licence for the East Taimyr oilfield on Russia’s Arctic coast. The publicly held Lukoil,…

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Lukoil’s $500-million loan for Shah Deniz
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Azerbaijan - August 05, 2015

Russian oil company Lukoil has received approval for a $500-million syndicated loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Tuesday for the second…

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