Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 19

10-May-2010

CASPIAN

Lukoil Renews Cooperation Agreement With Astrakhan Region

Russias Lukoil announced on 28 April that it had renewed a cooperation agreement with the region of Astrakhan, which borders the Caspian Sea. Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov and the governor of Astrakhan, Alexander Zhilkin, signed the agreement which details cooperation projects aimed at hydrocarbon exploration and extraction in the region and in the Caspian offshore. The...