Rosneft Oil Company  

JSC "Rosneft Oil Company" was formed in 1995. Rosneft is the leader of Russia’s petroleum industry, and ranks among the world’s top publicly traded oil and gas companies. The Company has been included in the Russian Government’s List of Strategic Enterprises and Organizations. Rosneft is widely engaged in exploration and production across all key hydrocarbon regions of Russia: Western Siberia, Southern and Central Russia, Timan-Pechora, Eastern Siberia and the Far East. In addition, the Company participates in several exploration projects in Kazakhstan and Algeria. Rosneft’s seven major refineries have convenient locations throughout the country, from the Black Sea coast to the Far East, and the Company’s retail network covers 41 regions of the Russian Federation. Rosneft also owns 50% of Ruhr Oel GmbH which holds stakes in four refineries in Germany. Unlike many of its competitors, Rosneft has a vast and high-quality reserve base, with total proved hydrocarbon reserves of 22.8 bln barrels of oil equivalent – among the best indicators for a global publicly traded oil and gas company. Moreover, Rosneft is second-to-none on an international scale in terms of total proved liquid hydrocarbon reserves. The Company’s proved reserve-to-production ratio is 25 years. Rosneft operates mainly conventional reserves, so the Company is well-placed for efficient increase in hydrocarbon production. The Company produced 892.6 mln barrels of oil and gas condensate during the year, which is 2.8% more than in 2011. The growth was mainly due to increased production at the Vankor and Verkhnechonsk fields in East Siberia and implementation of highly efficient well intervention pro-grammes at fields in Central Russia and West Siberia. Production of natural and associated gas (net of amounts flared) increased by 28.1% in 2012 compared with the previous year to 16.39 bcm. The growth was mainly due to creation of a joint venture with Itera LLC, in which Rosneft took 51%, good performance by the compressor station at Tomskneft’s Luginetskoye field, increase of oil output at the Vankor and Priobskoye fields, commissioning of compressor stations at the Komsomolskoye field in September 2011, and the construction of a gas pipeline to fields operated by Severnaya Neft. Rosneft also operates proprietary marine terminals in Tuapse, De-Kastri, Nakhodka and Arkhangelsk, which allows the Company to capture higher margins on crude oil and petroleum product exports. Rosneft is aware of the importance of increasing direct sales of petroleum products to end customers. For that purpose, the Company is consistently extending its retail infrastructure, which now comprises 1,800 service stations – the country’s second largest marketing network. Net cash used for investments increased to RUB 445 bln in 2012 from RUB 394 bln in 2011 due to higher capital expenditures and the acquisition of additional interest in subsidiaries and affiliates, which was partly offset by positive impact from the sale of short-term financial assets. Total investments in modernization and construction of new facilities at Rosneft refineries in 2012 were around RUB 140 billion, and a total of 16 refining units have been built or renovated since the programme was launched. The company intends to increase annual oil production to 1,300 mln barrels (3,600 th. barrels per day) by 2030, output of gas to 55 billion cubic meters by 2020. Rosneft’s strategic goals are to produce engine fuels, which meet Euro-5 standards, to raise the light product yield to at least 78% by 2015 and to increase annual refining volume to 585 mln barrels (1,600 th. barrels per day) by 2020. In July 2006, Rosneft made an initial public offering (IPO) on London Stock Exchange, RTS and MICEX. The IPO became the fifth largest in the world and the second largest in Russia. The company has ratings by Standard & Poor's (BB+) and Moody’s Investors Service (Ba1).