Planned winnings

Bashneft’s victory was reflected in the state budget

Federal budget revenues from one-time payments for the use of subsoil next year should amount to about 58.5 billion rubles, ITAR-TASS reports, citing data from a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Energy. RUB 35.7 billion Of this amount it is planned to receive proceeds from competitions for the Lodochnoe, Shpilman, and them fields. Trebs and them. Titova. The last two will most likely be transferred to Bashneft, the only contender for the right to develop these subsoil areas, at a price not exceeding the starting payment - 18.17 billion rubles. The competition for the right to develop these fields, according to the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Yuri Trutnev (pictured) , may be declared invalid, and Bashneft will receive a license if its application “is considered good.”

As expected (see Vremya Novostei on September 28) , the right to develop the deposits named after. Trebs and them. Titov (recoverable reserves are estimated at more than 140 million tons of oil) will go to Bashneft. Only she was able to fulfill all the conditions of the competition in a timely manner. Let us recall that out of six contenders for victory, four - LUKOIL, TNK-BP, Rosneft and Gazprom Neft - were eliminated at the stage of submitting an application and making a deposit (606.704 thousand rubles).

Already, many experts are pointing out that Bashneft may have to resort to the help of other companies to work in these subsoil areas. However, Rosneft (some analysts call the company the most likely partner in the project), according to its president Eduard Khudainatov, is not yet negotiating on this topic. Bashneft's last competitor in the tender, Surgutneftegaz, did not transfer the required contribution on time (until 16.00 on October 28) and did not submit a feasibility study for the project. This was confirmed on Friday by Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev. “Probably changed his mind,” he added.

According to the Law “On Subsoil”, a competition for the right to use a subsoil plot may be declared invalid if the application was received from only one applicant. But this does not mean that the process will start all over again. The same document states that “a license to use a subsoil plot may be issued to this single participant on the terms of a competition.” There are many of these conditions. The main evaluation criteria are the scientific and technical level of programs for the geological study of subsoil and the use of subsoil areas, the completeness of the extraction of mineral resources, the contribution to the socio-economic development of the territory, the timing of the implementation of relevant programs, the effectiveness of measures for the protection of subsoil and the environment, and even ensuring the defense of the country and state security. As the Ministry of Natural Resources explained to Vremya Novostey, a meeting of the competition commission will take place on December 2, then, apparently, it will be announced whether the feasibility study presented by Bashneft corresponds to the project for the development of the fields named after. Trebs and them. Titov to all the requirements of Rosnedra.

Bashneft sold about 14.2 million tons of petroleum products in January-September. Including 5.9 million tons were exported, 8.3 million to the domestic market. In addition, 2.35 million tons of oil were exported. Over the nine months of this year, the company’s refineries processed 15.9 million tons of oil, 4.3% more than during the same period in 2009. The refining depth was 86.8%, the share of light oil products was 62.5%. At the same time, the volume of diesel fuel production increased by 13.6% and the production of heating oil decreased by 15.8%. The company's production in January-September reached 10.5 million tons of oil, which is 16.4% higher than the corresponding figure for the nine months of 2009. In the third quarter, production volume was 3.6 million tons of oil. INTERFAX

Petr GELTISHCHEV