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Rosneft was founded in 1993 as a state enterprise and then incorporated in 1995, acquiring a number of state-controlled gas and oil assets. It became Russia's leading oil company after purchasing assets of the former oil company Yukos at state-run auctions.
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The biggest Russian oil company is Rosneft followed by Lukoil, Surgutneftegaz, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft. [25] All oil trunk pipelines (except Caspian Pipeline Consortium) are owned and operated by the state-owned monopoly Transneft and oil products pipelines are owned and operated by its subsidiary Transnefteproduct. [citation needed]
Russneft was founded in September 2002 by Mikhail Gutseriev, a Russian businessperson and philanthropist, with support from the Swiss company Glencore. [3] It included early oil-production operations in West Siberia, Ulyanovsk, the Saratov and Penza regions, Udmurtia, and the Komi Republic.
Rosneftegaz is a Russian holding company managing assets in the oil and gas industry. Rosneftegaz is the owner of a controlling stake in Rosneft, 10.97% of the shares of Gazprom, as well as 26.36% of the shares of Inter RAO.
In 1992, Russian president Boris Yeltsin decreed that the refinery would belong to the state-owned Rosneft. [citation needed] In October 2013, a new unit at the refinery began service to expand the production capacity. [2] In 2014, six new hydrocracking units were introduced, and the products would fulfill European emission standards. [3]
Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia and the sixth largest in the world, [1] owned and operated by Rosneft. The field is located at Lake Samotlor in Nizhnevartovsk district, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. It covers 1,752 square kilometres (676 sq mi). [2]
On 28 May 2018, Rosneft ordered a 69,000 DWT ice class Arc6 icebreaking shuttle tanker to transport oil from the Trebs and Titov oil fields. [39] The ship, named Valentin Pikul, was laid down on 4 December 2020 and launched on 27 July 2023. [40] [41] The fully-outfitted stern was built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. [42]