PJSC LukOil LUKOIL Reports 3Q2017 Preliminary Operating Data (4800W)

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PJSC LukOil

14 November 2017

LUKOIL REPORTS PRELIMINARY OPERATING DATA FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS OF 2017

The LUKOIL Group's hydrocarbon production excluding West Qurna-2 project for the first nine months of 2017 increased by 2.3% as compared to the same period of 2016 to 2,218 thousand boe per day. The increase was driven by gas projects development. In the third quarter of 2017 production was 2,219 thousand boe per day, almost unchanged quarter-on-quarter.

Hydrocarbon production, thousand boe per day

 
 3Q 2017   2Q 2017                                 9M 2017   9M 2016 
--------  --------  ----------------------------  --------  -------- 
                     Total (excluding West-Qurna 
   2,219     2,222    2 project)                     2,218     2,168 
--------  --------  ----------------------------  --------  -------- 
 

Starting January 2017 LUKOIL Group's oil production volume and dynamics are mainly defined by the external limitations of Russian companies' production volumes. For the first nine months of 2017 production excluding West Qurna-2 project was 64.1 million tons, including 21.4 million tons produced in the third quarter of 2017.

In the third quarter of 2017 production growth continued as planned at V. Filanovsky and Pyakyakhinskoe fields and amounted to 4.5% and 2.4% quarter-on-quarter respectively. The active development of high viscosity oil projects in Timan-Pechora continued. As such, production at Yaregskoe field increased by 30% as compared to the second quarter of 2017.

Oil production, thousand tons

 
 3Q 2017   2Q 2017                                        9M 2017   9M 2016 
--------  --------  -----------------------------------  --------  -------- 
                     Total (excluding West-Qurna 
  21,411    21,306    2 project)                           64,114    64,824 
  20,538    20,374          Russia                         61,354    62,031 
  20,337    20,120                  Subsidiaries           60,635    61,317 
     201       254                  Share in affiliates       719       714 
     873       932          Outside of Russia               2,760     2,793 
     464       496                  Subsidiaries            1,477     1,533 
     409       436                  Share in affiliates     1,283     1,260 
                     Compensation oil from West 
     540       482    Qurna-2 project                       1,427     4,477 
  21,951    21,788   Total                                 65,541    69,301 
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The LUKOIL Group's gas production increased by 4.4% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2017 to 7.3 billion cubic meters. As a result, for the first nine months of 2017 production increased by 12.4% year-on-year to 20.7 billion cubic meters. Gas production was positively impacted by the launch of gas facilities at Pyakyakhinskoe field in January 2017 and main production facilities at Gissar project in Uzbekistan in the third quarter of 2017. Quarter-on-quarter production at Gissar project more than doubled.

Gas production, million cubic meters

 
 3Q 2017   2Q 2017                                        9M 2017   9M 2016 
--------  --------  -----------------------------------  --------  -------- 
   7,257     6,952   Total                                 20,668    18,383 
   4,619     4,646          Russia                         13,595    12,176 
   4,596     4,621                  Subsidiaries           13,524    12,113 
      23        25                  Share in affiliates        71        63 
   2,638     2,306          Outside of Russia               7,073     6,207 
   2,445     2,103                  Subsidiaries            6,472     5,646 
     193       203                  Share in affiliates       601       561 
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Refinery throughput at the LUKOIL Group's refineries in the third quarter of 2017 increased by 5.9% quarter-on-quarter and amounted to 17.4 million tons. Growth of refinery throughput in Russia was mainly due to maintenance works at Perm refinery in the second quarter of 2017. An increase in the utilization rate of European refineries was attributable to the completion of the maintenance works at Petrotel and ISAB refineries, as well as favorable market environment.

Refinery throughput for the first nine months of 2017 increased by 1.2% year-on-year to 49.9 million tons. Refinery throughput in Russia increased by 3.0% year-on-year, which was mainly due to maintenance works at our Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd refineries in 2016. Refinery throughput in Europe decreased by 1.8% year-on-year mainly due to the maintenance works at Petrotel and ISAB refineries in the first half of 2017.

Refinery throughput at refineries, thousand tons

 
 3Q 2017   2Q 2017                                                9M 2017   9M 2016 
--------  --------  -------------------------------------------  --------  -------- 
                     Total for LUKOIL Group 
  17,356    16,394    refineries                                   49,946    49,339 
  11,010    10,447          Russia                                 31,963    31,029 
   6,346     5,947          Outside of Russia                      17,983    18,310 
   5,823     5,359                  Oil processing                 16,301    14,900 
     523       588                  Refined products processing     1,682     3,410 
                     Third party refineries 
   1,670     1,678    abroad                                        4,744       245 
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Note:

LUKOIL will release its Interim Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IFRS and related MD&A for the third quarter and nine months of 2017 on November 29, 2017.

The information in this press release is an estimate of the LUKOIL Group's results in third quarter and nine months of 2017 and therefore constitutes forward-looking statements. This information is preliminary and based on information available at the date of this document, and may be revised after statistical, financial, tax and accounting statements become available. The information on the LUKOIL Group's operational results in this press release are subject to many external factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in this press release for the third quarter and nine months of 2017. The LUKOIL Group assumes no obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

This document does not constitute or form part of an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity with, or any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities of, the LUKOIL Group, nor shall any part of it nor the fact of its distribution form part of or be relied on in connection with any contract or investment decision relating thereto, nor does it constitute a recommendation regarding the securities of, or any investment in, the LUKOIL Group.

Information about the Company:

PJSC "LUKOIL" is one of the largest publicly traded, vertically integrated oil and gas companies in the world in terms of proved hydrocarbon reserves and production; and the second largest producer of crude oil in Russia. Established in 1991, the Company currently operates in more than 30 countries with core upstream assets located in Russia. The full production cycle includes oil and gas exploration, production and refining; production of petrochemicals and lubricants; power generation; marketing and distribution. The Company's shares are listed in Russia on Moscow Exchange under the ticker "LKOH" and depositary receipts are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker "LKOD".

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