Lubricant Sales
Rosneft sold 585,000 tonnes of lubricants and related products in 2010, including 313,000 tonnes on the domestic market. The Company’s market share in Russia in 2010 was 19%. Sales of Rosneft branded and packaged lubricants were 7,500 tonnes, which is 19% more than in 2009.
Lubricants from the Novokuibyshevsk Oils Plant have been supplied to facilities of the leading Russian car maker AvtoVAZ since June 2010 under an agreement with Rosneft. Monthly supplies at the end of 2010 were 1,000 tonnes of industrial lubricants, quench oil and engine oils, making Rosneft the principal supplier of lubricants for AvtoVAZ manufacturing.
Rosneft plans the rapid development of its lubricant business in future through further progress on the prepacked lubricant market, sales to large end-users, expansion of the range of branded products, etc.
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