Russian Helicopter Crash Kills Five Managers From Lukoil Unit
22 July 2009 - 7:32PM
Dow Jones News
Five managers from a subsidiary of OAO Lukoil (LKOH.RS),
Russia's second biggest oil producer, died in a helicopter crash in
southern Russia on Wednesday, the company said in a press
release.
The helicopter, which belonged to OAO Gazprom's (GAZP.RS)
airline company GazpromAvia, was flying from Volgograd to
Kotovo.
The five people killed were employed at
Lukoil-Volgogradneftegaz, a Lukoil subsidiary in Volgograd.
U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips (COP) holds a 20% stake in
Lukoil.
Company Web site: www.lukoil.com
-By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Dow Jones Newswires; +7 495 937
8445; jacob.pedersen@dowjones.com