Tomskneft

JSC Tomskneft VNK — is a Russian oil and gas company, headquartered in Strezhevoy, Russia. Founded in 1966, Tomskneft is one of the largest companies of the Tomsk region and Siberia. As of 2022, the Independent Oil Company and Gazpromneft own 50% of the company respectively.[2]

Tomskneft
TypePrivately held company
IndustryPetroleum
Founded1966 (1966) in Tomsk, Russia
Headquarters
Strezhevoy
,
Russia
Area served
Siberia
Key people
Roman Zharavin (General director)
ProductsCrude oil, natural gas
Revenue (Decrease 121,9 billion rubles (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016)[1])
ParentIndependent Oil Company (50%), Gazpromneft (50%)[2]

History
The Tomskneft headquarters in Strezhevoy, Tomsk region

Tomskneft is the successor company to a Soviet plant that was founded in January 1966 by the decree of the Tyumen oil and gas industrial enterprise.[3] The plant extracted the first million tons of oil in 1969.[4] By 1974, it produced 25 million tons of oil.[5] In 1977, the Ministry of Oil Industry separated Tomskneft from the Tyumen oil and gas industrial enterprise, thus forming the Tomskneft industrial association.[6]

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tomskneft was privatized in 1993.[7] The next year, together with the Achinsk oil refinery, the Tomskneftekhim factory, and several smaller Siberian oil companies it formed the basis upon which the newly founded Eastern Oil Company (EOC) was organized.[8]

In 1997, Yukos, one of the largest Russian oil producers at the time, acquired the majority interest of the EOC, thus taking over Tomskneft and the EOC's other subsidiaries.[9] Tomskneft was a part of Yukos until 2007, when its shares were sold to Rosneft and Gazpromneft due to the parent company's bankruptcy. Each company acquired 50% of Tomskneft's stocks.[10][11]

In August 2021, Rosneft sold its block of Tomskneft's shares to the Independent Oil Company.[12]

Activity

Tomskneft operates in the oil and gas industry, mainly focusing on exploration and extraction of the sources. As of 2020, the company owned 32 oil and gas fields, extracting annually up to 5,2 million of tons of oil.[13]

Controversies

In December 1998, Asirota Limited, a Cypriot company, holding 13% of Tomskneft's shares, accused Yukos of violating the rights of minority shareholders by lowering Tomskneft's oil prices. This case was later used in a trial against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yukos's former owner. He was allegedly accused of stealing 350 million tons of oil from Tomskneft and other Yukos's subsidiaries. Russian economist Sergei Guriev later regarded the trial and subsequent incarceration of Khodorkovsky as a political repression.[14]

In 2015, Tomskneft was fined for illegal use of an oil exploration and extraction sites in the Kargasoksky District. Upon paying the fine, the company was granted permission to exploit the industrial sites.[15]

In 2019, Tomskneft and the PetroAlians Oil Company signed an agreement to extract petroleum at the Lomovoye oil field in the Tomsk region. In May 2020, due to an accident, Tomskneft's workers left PetroAlians's equipment in the oil well. In April 2022, the court ruled that Tomskneft had to pay 30,7 million rubles to its partner for the lost equipment. Although Tomskneft appealed the suit in June 2022, the court of appeal confirmed that the company should pay the established sum to PetroAlians.[16] In December the same year, the arbitration court of the Tomsk oblast has ruled that the "Samotlorneftepromkhim" (SNPK) drilling company should pay 30,7 million rubles to Tomskneft to reimburse the loss of PetroAlians's equipment at Lomovoye oil field.[17]

References
  1. "Томскнефть в 2016г впервые с 2009г снизила выручку – на 8%" (in Russian). Interfax. August 7, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. "Прибыль "Роснефти" от продажи вьетнамских активов и 50% Томскнефти составила 11 млрд рублей" (in Russian). Interfax. February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  3. ""Пошла, родная!": как в Томской области была получена первая нефть" (in Russian). Riatomsk.ru. June 8, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  4. The fulfillment of the Leninist ideas in the economic development of Siberia 1972, p. 445.
  5. Pomorov 1988, p. 161.
  6. The Encyclopedia of the Tomsk region 2008, p. 500.
  7. Аркадий Климов (February 22, 1994). "Планы приватизации. Продается крупнейший пакет "нефтяных" акций" (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  8. "Начала работу Восточная нефтяная компания" (in Russian). Kommersant. June 17, 1994. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  9. Юрий Сенаторов (April 24, 1999). "Война за томскую нефть" (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  10. "Активы ЮКОСа достались "Роснефти"" (in Russian). Vedomosti. May 3, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  11. Елена Мазнева, Ирина Малкова (December 28, 2007). "Нефть на двоих" (in Russian). Vedomosti. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  12. "Роснефть вышла из капитала Томскнефти" (in Russian). Interfax. September 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  13. Людмила Подобедова (September 3, 2021). ""Томскнефть" дозрела до смены акционера" (in Russian). RBC.ru. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  14. Сергей Гуриев (February 14, 2012). "Дело Ходорковского – политическое". The New Times (in Russian). Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  15. "Томскнефть и "Норд Империал" оштрафованы за незаконную эксплуатацию промплощадок в Томской области" (in Russian). Interfax.ru. April 15, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  16. "Суд подтвердил взыскание с "Томскнефти" 30,7 млн руб за утрату техники" (in Russian). RiaTomsk.ru. June 16, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  17. "Томскнефть взыскала с буровой компании 30,7 млн рублей за утрату оборудования в скважине" (in Russian). Interfax. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

Literature
  • Осуществление ленинских идей превращения Сибири в экономически развитый район страны [The fulfillment of the Leninist ideas in the economic development of Siberia] (in Russian). Kemerovo. 1972. p. 652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pomorov, A. A. (1988). Нефть и газ Томской области: сборник документов и материалов [Oil and gas of the Tomsk region: Documents and sources] (in Russian). Tomsk: Tomsk book publisher. p. 357.
  • Энциклопедия Томской области [The Encyclopedia of the Tomsk region] (in Russian). Tomsk: Tomsk State University. 2008–2009. p. 1000. ISBN 978-5-7511-1917-1.
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