Press release: Gazprom Neft, Mubadala Petroleum and the RDIF announce the completion of a transaction to jointly develop oil fields in Western Siberia

Gazprom Neft is a vertically integrated oil company, primarily involved in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, and the production and sale of oil products. The Company’s subsidiaries include more than 70 oil production, refining and retail businesses, located throughout Russia, CIS and other countries.

The Company’s proven and probable reserves (SPE-PRMS) are estimated at 2.78 billion tonnes of oil equivalent (btoe), making Gazprom Neft one of the 20 largest oil and gas companies worldwide. Gazprom Neft is also a Top 3 company in Russia in terms of production and refining volumes. Total production in 2017 amounted to 89.75 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe), with refining volumes at 40.1 million tonnes.

Gazprom Neft’s products are sold throughout Russia and exported to over 50 countries worldwide. The Company’s filling station network is made up of more than 1,850 outlets throughout Russia, CIS and Europe.

In 2017, Gazprom Neft’s net profit was RUB253 billion, a 26.5-percent increase year-on-year. The Company is a market leader both in terms of its financial performance and efficiency, including its return on average capital employed (ROACE).

The Company’s majority shareholder is Gazprom PJSC (95.68%), with the remaining shares in free float.

Gaspromneft-Vostok LLC: Registered in the Russian Federation on 14 September 2005, Gazpromneft-Vostok has been active in hydrocarbon production in the Tomsk and Omsk Regions since 2005, as operator of a group of oil and gas fields located in the region and whose future production potential derives mainly from pre-Jurassic deposits.

The company holds subsoil usage licenses to the Shinginsky, Zapadno-Luginetsky, Yuzhno-Pudinsky, Archinskiy, Urmansky, and Krapivinskoye licence blocks, and was awarded a further subsoil usage licence for geological prospecting at the Parabelsky block in 2017. Thirteen oil fields have been discovered within the territory of these licence areas.

Proved and probable hydrocarbons at Gazpromneft-Vostok fields stand at approximately 40 million tonnes (SPE-PRMS, approximately 300 million barrels). Oil production in 2017 totalled 1.6 million tonnes (approximately 33,000 barrels per day). This production crude is sold into the Russian domestic and international markets, transported primarily through the Eastern Siberia—Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, as well as being sent for processing at Russian refineries.

Mubadala Petroleum is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company. Mubadala Petroleum manages assets and operations now spanning 10 countries, with its geographic focus primarily on the Middle East, South—east Asia and Russia. Production in 2017 averaged around 320,000 boe per day. Mubadala Petroleum’s success is built on strong partnerships, the passion and capability of its people, and its focus on performance. For more information, please visit www.mubadalapetroleum.com

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is Russia’s sovereign wealth fund established in 2011 to make equity co-investments, primarily in Russia, alongside reputable international financial and strategic investors. RDIF acts as a catalyst for direct investment in the Russian economy. RDIF’s management company is based in Moscow. Further information can be found at www.rdif.ru