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🇷🇺Russia is considering a plan to merge three of its largest oil companies into one mega-producer, The Wall Street Journal reports, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
One scenario under discussion would see state giant Rosneft absorb Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of Gazprom, and Russia's largest non-state oil company, Lukoil.
The resulting company will become the world's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia's Aramco.
"A combined company producing nearly three times as much as Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. producer, could allow Russia to squeeze higher prices from customers like India and China. The giant exporter could better withstand Western sanctions that have hampered exports, hampered major new oil and gas projects and held back payments, the people said. Supporters of the plan say the combined company would make significantly more money. One reason: Oil from all three companies could be sold through Lukoil's massive Dubai-based trading unit, Litasco," the newspaper wrote.
Among the obstacles to the creation of the company are opposition from some of the managers of Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as the problem of raising funds to pay Lukoil shareholders, the largest of whom is Vagit Alekperov. After the invasion began, he officially stepped down from direct management of the company.
One scenario under discussion would see state giant Rosneft absorb Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of Gazprom, and Russia's largest non-state oil company, Lukoil.
The resulting company will become the world's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia's Aramco.
"A combined company producing nearly three times as much as Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. producer, could allow Russia to squeeze higher prices from customers like India and China. The giant exporter could better withstand Western sanctions that have hampered exports, hampered major new oil and gas projects and held back payments, the people said. Supporters of the plan say the combined company would make significantly more money. One reason: Oil from all three companies could be sold through Lukoil's massive Dubai-based trading unit, Litasco," the newspaper wrote.
Among the obstacles to the creation of the company are opposition from some of the managers of Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as the problem of raising funds to pay Lukoil shareholders, the largest of whom is Vagit Alekperov. After the invasion began, he officially stepped down from direct management of the company.