“Unfortunately, the signing of the Venezuelan projects has been delayed.. The laws, which are being approved today by the country, are a burden to its economy,” Vagit Alekperov told Russian business daily Kommersant. “So we cannot afford to take the risk of viewing these projects as a source of supply of the Cuban refinery. And to buy a refinery without having crude supply logistics does not make sense,” he said.
LUKoil is 20%-owned by US oil major ConocoPhillips and has a large network of filling stations in the United States. Alekperov said one of the reasons why LUKoil was keen to stay in Venezuela and launch production projects as soon as possible was the need to supply its US network. He also said LUKOIL would save around $1 billion per year due to introduction of new tax breaks by the Russian government from next year. (Reuters)
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