Lukoil sell-off gets under way
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Bidding begins in an auction for a 7.6% government-held stake in Russian oil giant Lukoil.
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ConocoPhillipsâs nearly $2 billion strategic investment in Russia may have been marked by an American flag flying over the headquarters of Lukoil, the countryâs second largest oil producer.
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The Russian government is setting a starting price of &#36;1.9 billion for next month's auction of its 7.59 percent stake in the Lukoil oil company. If it gets that price, it would be the most expensive deal in the history of Russian privatization.
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Reuters reported Thursday that Russian officials confirmed that Houston-based oil giant ConocoPhillips is interested in taking a $2 billion stake in Russian oil major LUKOIL.
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The Russian government yesterday night appeared to be preparing to sell the main asset of Yukos, the countryâs embattled oil company, for as little as $4 billion - a fraction of its fair value â-n a move analysts branded as âdaylight robbery
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ConocoPhillips paid nearly $2 billion at auction for the Russian government's stake in Lukoil, a purchase that could allow Conoco to become the first Western company to return to Iraq's oil fields.
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Russia appears ready to sell the main asset of Yukos, the country&#39;s embattled oil company, for $4 billion, a fraction of its worth, reports say.
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Business & money: Â· EC concern at company's grip on supply linesÂ· Russian state monopoly may be forced to divest
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The fate of Yuganskneftegas - the Russian oil firm sold to a little-known buyer on Sunday - is the subject of frantic speculation in Moscow.
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Russian gas firm Gazprom is aiming to grab a greater share of the UK market.
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MOSCOW: Russia has said it would go ahead and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of YUKOS, despite a US bankruptcy court order that seeks to halt Sundayâs auction for at least 10 days.
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ConocoPhillips will buy 7.6 percent of OAO Lukoil from Russia for $1.99 billion and may raise that stake, expanding its access to the world&#39;s largest oil- and gas- producing country as energy prices surge.
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Russia is set to go ahead with a sale of the main production asset of Yukos, the countryâs embattled oil company, despite an injunction issued late yesterday by a US court.
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The Russian government will auction off Yuganskneftegas, the main production unit of embattled oil giant Yukos, on December 19 with a starting price of 246.75 billion rubles (8.65 billion dollars), the federal property fund announced.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) - ConocoPhillips&#39; deal to buy a stake in Russia&#39;s Lukoil has blockbuster potential for the US company because it opens up vast areas for exploration and development previously off-limits to Western firms, analysts said Wednesday.
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US oil giant ConocoPhillips yesterday paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil -- the world's number two oil company by reserves -- in Russia's biggest privatization.
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The Russian government set a starting price of $1.93 billion (1.6 billion euros) for its 7.6% stake in oil giant OAO Lukoil at an auction set for next month at which ConocoPhillips Corp.