LUKOIL ranked 6^th among European companies and 15^th among global companies in the American energy agency Platts’ 2006 Top 250 Global Energy Companies List.

Companies were ranked by four main criteria – asset value, revenue, profit and return on capital employed.

Valuation was performed on the basis of Standard & Poor’s data which is as Platts a division of the McGraw-Hill Group.

In the 2005 Top 250 Global Energy Companies Rankings, LUKOIL held 9^th and 16^th places respectively.