Russian Oil Giant Hopes ConocoPhillips Deal Will Help Iraq Project
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Russia&#39;s top oil company, Lukoil, hopes that a US oil company&#39;s acquisition of a 7.6 percent stake could boost its chances to retain a Saddam-era production-sharing
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NEW YORK, August 27 (New Ratings) - ConocoPhillips (COP.NYS) is reportedly seeking to buy up to a 25% stake in the Russian oil company, Lukoil, which contributes 19% each to the country&#39;s crude oil output and reserves.
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Vagit Alekperov, president of Lukoil, gained a new American partner Wednesday, in a deal with ConocoPhilips that was sealed by the Kremlin.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -ConocoPhillips Wednesday said it bought a 7.6 percent stake in Russian oil giant Lukoil for $2 billion and the two agreed that the US company could raise its stake to as much as 20 percent.
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A successful bid by ConocoPhillips of the US for 7.96 per cent in Lukoil this week belies a broader sense of disappointment at the size of Russia-bound foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Russia agreed Sunday to join in an international agreement to forgive up to 80 percent of Iraq&#39;s foreign debt, allowing the deal brokered by German and US officials to go ahead.
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U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil -- the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves.
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U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips won an  auction for a 7.6 percent state stake in Russian oil giant  LUKOIL with a bid of $1.988 billion, the Russian property fund  said on Wednesday.
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ExxonMobil  CEO Rex Tillerson  told Reuters on Tuesday he expected Russia to live up to  agreements to enlarge the territory of the Sakhalin 1 project  to include new oil discoveries.
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MOSCOW Gazprom, the leading Russian gas company, said Tuesday that it would buy one of the country&#39;s largest oil producers, a move that forms a state-controlled energy juggernaut and signals the first step toward ending a ban on foreign ownership of
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U.S. oil giant ConocoPhilipps on Wednesday bought the Russian government's 7.6 percent stake in Lukoil &#151; the world's No. 2 oil company by reserves &#151; in Russia's biggest privatization.
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: ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it was seeking 20 per cent in Russiaâs LUKOIL in a far-reaching alliance opening the way for the two oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.
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ConocoPhillips won a $2 billion stake in Russia's Lukoil and said it aimed to raise that to 20 percent in a sweeping alliance that allows the two oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.
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U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips launched a  $628 million two-day tender to boost its stake in new Russian  strategic partner LUKOIL to 10 percent, the U.S. firm said on  Thursday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is set to discuss oil contracts on his first official visit to Russia.
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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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MOSCOW  - Russia's natural resources minister said Monday foreign companies would be welcome to help develop offshore oil fields, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat expressed concern about the minister's earlier statement that foreign access to oil and gas deposits would be limited.