LUKOIL Group (subsidiary companies and LUKOIL’s share in output by affiliated companies) total hydrocarbon production available for sale reached 2.14 mln boe per day in nine months of 2006, up 13.1% y-o-y.

Crude oil output of LUKOIL Group totaled 1.92 million bpd* (up 6.6% y-o-y) or 71.134 million tons.

LUKOIL subsidiary companies produced 68.391 million tons of crude, up 6.9% y-o-y. Oil production from international projects increased by 54.5% y-o-y as Nelson Resources Limited was acquired at the end of 2005. Average flow rate per oil well reached 11.21 tons per day, up 1.5% y-o-y.

Natural and associated gas output of LUKOIL Group available for sale was 9.98 bcm, which is 2.5 times more than in nine months of 2005. Natural gas output available for sale was 7.23 bcm, which is almost 6 times as much as in nine months of 2005.