LUKOIL ranked 5^th among European, Middle East and African companies and 10^th among global companies in the American energy agency Platts 2010 ‘Top 250 Energy Companies’ List.

All companies were ranked by four main criteria, including asset value, revenues, profits and return on invested capital.

Valuation was performed based on Standard & Poor’s database which is, like Platts, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

In the 2009 ‘Top 250 Energy Companies’ rankings, LUKOIL held 8^th and 12^th places, in 2008 – the 8 ^th and 11 ^th places, in 2007 – the 6^th and 11^th places, in 2006 – the 6^th and 15^th places and in 2005 – the 9^th and 16^th places respectively.