The continued growth of the industry is the result of the domination of private owners.
However, the energy minister Alexander Novak does not expect the fall in oil prices to $20-25 per barrel.
A small oil company Dulisma, which belongs to the Khotin family, manages to get export benefits faster than LUKOIL. The Ministry of Finance believes these benefits are justified and assesses budget losses from them at 92.5 billion rubles.
For the first time since the days of Chubais, after the reform of RAO UES, the Russian energy comples may have a foreign strategic investor.