An official opening of the first gas filling station under the new brand of Gazprom Neft was held in Omsk. The event marks the launch of a benchmark setting project on establishing a unified network of Gazprom Neft gas filling stations. 230 gas filling complexes are scheduled to be brought in line with the new corporate style by year end 2009.

In the third quarter of 2009, TNK-BP continued to improve on the strong performance it reported for the first half of the year. We remained an industry leader in growing oil and gas production, with volumes for the 9 months to September amounting to a 3.0% increase relative to the same period in 2008. This represents 8 continuous quarters of production growth. In addition, TNK-BP benefited from stronger oil and product markets, prudent financial management, and in July, we realized a gain on the sale of our oil field services business of $204 mln. As a result, our net income rose by almost 34% relative to the second quarter.