‘Within 2005, Chelyabinsk branch of LUKOIL-Uralnefteproduct Ltd. sold 507,132 tons of oil products (an increase of 11% against the previous year’s figures). The after-tax sales proceeds came to 7,798m RUR. The company’s share of the oil products retail market comes to 25.1%,’ the spokesperson for Chelyabinsk branch of LUKOIL-Uralnefteproduct Ltd. said to UrBC representative.

‘The total number of LUKOIL filling stations located within Chelyabinsk Region is 102. The company’s Chelyabinsk branch is also in charge of Chelyabinskaya, Magnitogorskaya and Zlatoustovskaya petroleum storage depots and also of Argayashsky area,’ the spokesperson indicated.