The meeting focused on LUKoil’s major projects in Russia and abroad, primarily in Iraq, as well as on taxation issues. Vagit Alekperov told Vladimir Putin about LUKoil’s plans for cooperation with Rosneft, noting that it is the first time in history that two Russian oil companies are creating a consortium.
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Mr Alekperov, you and I recently attended a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. One of the issues raised there was staff training. When I toured your oil rig in the Caspian Sea, you told me that you agreed with your colleagues from other major Russian companies that each will have its specialisation. Yours is offshore drilling, to my knowledge. How is this work progressing?
...The meeting focused on LUKoil’s major projects in Russia and abroad, primarily in Iraq, as well as on taxation issues. Vagit Alekperov told Vladimir Putin about LUKoil’s plans for cooperation with Rosneft, noting that it is the first time in history that two Russian oil companies are creating a consortium.
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Vladimir Putin: Mr Alekperov, you and I recently attended a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. One of the issues raised there was staff training. When I toured your oil rig in the Caspian Sea, you told me that you agreed with your colleagues from other major Russian companies that each will have its specialisation. Yours is offshore drilling, to my knowledge. How is this work progressing?
Vagit Alekperov: We've done a great job with our partners building a training centre in Astrakhan, which I will inaugurate on Monday. This centre will be available not only to the staff of our company but also our partners from the Emergencies Ministry and border troops. The centre can accommodate 60 people at a time. It has the necessary infrastructure to simulate rescue operations at sea, for example, swimming pools where rescue teams practice lifting people from the depth of up to four metres using helicopters. We have all the necessary simulators. These are the most advanced systems. We developed them with international specialists, including from Scotland, who have vast experience of working in the North Sea. All the systems have been assembled already. The swimming pool is deep enough for a helicopter to submerge fully so that people can get out under water.
All our trainers have taken advanced courses and are ready to start working with the first group of 26. This is the most advanced centre in the world. Each new centre is more advanced than the previous one.
Vladimir Putin: Sure.
Vagit Alekperov: On Thursday, we signed an agreement with Rosneft, following your instruction. Mr Igor Sechin was there. We have already drawn up a joint action plan.
Vladimir Putin: Yes, I saw you hugging there. What will follow next? What are the deadlines and the scope of work?
Vagit Alekperov: We have until September 1 to prepare our proposals. On August 1 we will formalise all our structures. We are considering joining efforts with other companies on the shelf of the Caspian, Azov, and Black Seas – I will show it on the map later – as well as offshore areas in the Arctic.
more be posted soon...
источник новости: http://premier.gov.ru/eng/events/news/14959/
