Oil industry

Bashneft plans to discuss possible cooperation with LUKOIL on the development of the Imilorskoye oil field. According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema (the main shareholder of Bashneft), Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the dialogue will continue after the settlement of all issues with the license for another joint project of the companies - the development of the Trebs and Titov fields in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. LUKOIL won the right to develop the Imilorskoye field at an auction at the end of December, paying 50.8 billion rubles for it. Then company representatives answered negatively when asked by Kommersant whether LUKOIL was going to attract a partner to the project. However, already in January, the head of the company, Vagit Alekperov, said that he did not rule out the creation of an alliance to develop the field. Geological and recoverable oil reserves within the site as of January 1, 2012 are 855.5 million tons and 193.7 million tons, respectively, based on the sum of categories C1 and C2.

"Prime", Anna Solodovnikova

Gas industry

Gas prices will fall before increasing

From April 1, 2013, prices for Gazprom gas for industrial consumers will be reduced by 3%, the Federal Tariff Service (FTS) reported. According to government decree N1205 of December 31, 2010, in 2013-2014, the price of gas for industry will be calculated quarterly using a formula that is derived from the prices of fuel oil and gas oil in Europe. But regardless of how much the prices for fuel oil and gas oil change, the quarterly adjustment of gas prices in Russia should be in the range of +3 to -3 percentage points. At the same time, from July 1, 2013 and 2014, it is also planned to increase prices for Gazprom gas by 15% from the price at the time of correction. The measure is aimed at gradually achieving equal gas prices in the domestic and foreign markets.

Mikhail Serov

Morgan Stanley went shopping

Real estate

The investment fund Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing acquired the Metropolis shopping and entertainment center with an area of 205 thousand square meters from Capital Partners. m in Moscow. “The transaction became the largest in the history of the Russian commercial real estate market. The terms of the transaction are not disclosed,” the fund said in a statement. According to an informed source, the volume of the transaction amounted to $1.2 billion. International consultant Jones Lang LaSalle acted as consultants on the part of Capital Partners. A Morgan Stanley Real Estate spokesperson confirmed the deal has closed. Metropolis is located on Leningradskoye Shosse near the Voykovskaya metro station and is part of the multifunctional complex of the same name with a total area of 311 thousand square meters. m. The facility was opened in 2009. Has 82 thousand sq. m. m of covered space for retail trade and 2.9 thousand sq. m. m of parking spaces.

"RIA News"

Film business

IMAX revenue grows

The revenue of the IMAX corporation, which is developing the film exhibition format of the same name, increased by 20.2% at the end of 2012, to $284.3 million, according to its annual report. In 2012, 35 films were released in the IMAX format worldwide, which is 10 more than the previous year. There are 23 releases planned for 2013 so far, including “Stalingrad” by Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Films. IMAX revenue in Russia and the CIS in 2012 grew by 24.6% to $20.1 million. At the end of 2012, there were 32 IMAX theaters in Russia and the CIS, 10 more than the year before.

Pavel Belavin

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 33/P dated February 25, 2013, page 11

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