The purposes of the Complex-oil's tender for credit organizations is attraction of financing on a short-term and long-term basis, and also the organization of the program for the bill reference at a federal level and release of corporate bonds.

The organizations applying to the tender are supposed to meet such requirements as granting the full complex of credit services, sufficiency of own capital, understanding of the mechanism of working with petrotraders, presence of the simplified (fast) procedure of credit delivery and an experience of syndicated credits.

The third trip is planned for the end of September to establish possible co-operation with international banks.

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The quality of gasoline at new Complex-oil Stations is planned to be at least not worse than it was before. And the range of fuels is going to be wider.

In total more than a thousand sportsmen took part in festival. Festival included track and field, mini-football, volleyball, karate, thaekvondo, arm-wrestling, sambo-wrestling and boxing competitions. On Saturday (August, 14) took place special performances and rewarding ceremony. Ceremony took place in the World Academy of sambo-wrestling (Kstovo).

The best wrestling fighters from Kstovo: Sergey Hramov - this year World champion on sambo-wrestling, and Sergey Lopovok - the winer of the Sambo-wrestling World Cup were awarded with special prizes of Complex-oil.

After the representative office in Kurgan was opened, it became much more convenient to the partners geographically situated in Urals and in Siberia to carry out purchase of petroleum products. To consumers was offered additional, favourable conditions of co-operation.

Contact phones of Complex-oil in Kurgan: +7 (3522) 44-25-96, 55-24-07. A phone/fax on a tank farm of Complex-oil in Kurgan region: +7 (35238) 9-10-64

During their trip the Russian visitors familiarized with work of two Royal Vopak Group sea petroterminals in port of Rotterdam (Netherlands). These terminals pretend to be one of the largest in Europe, their capacities allow to store more than 3,6 million cube. M of oil, total amount of capacities for oil storage - 124. Terminals work is provided with six sea moorings. In 29 countries of the world Royal Vopak owns oil storages and terminals with total capacity about 20 million cube M.

After Rotterdam Dmitriy Parfenov goes to Belgium where a series of meetings with administration of sea terminals of the largest oil companies Chevron Texaco and Esso Mobil is planned. Terminals are located in port of Antwerp. It becomes the closing stage of trip.

The special attention at meetings will be given to the West-European experience of the organization of oil logistic in a port zone, including transportation, storage and the process of the cargoes delivered by sea and river vessels.

Within the visit to the Great Britain representatives of Complex-oil got acquainted with work of Grays Oil Terminal owned by ST Services Ltd, Anglo-American company, which is located at the river Thames in suburb of London and enters into a chain of the enterprises providing oil storage needs of capital of the Great Britain.

The second object for acquaintance - the LNG Grain liquefied gas terminal, owned by British Gas. The terminal is in a port zone on island Grain in the city of Rochester, counties Kent.

During visit guests familiarized with constructions, working process and economy of oil storage in Britain, met a management of terminals.

The following stage of the working trip is the visit of sea petroterminals in port of Rotterdam (Netherlands), one of the largest ports in the world.

The annual Tournament regularly passes at the Academy of Sambo, in the city of Kstovo, the Nizhniy Novgorod area.

8 cities participated in tournament, more than hundred sportsmen from Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and other regional schools of sambo-wrestling.

This tournament is one of those to select fighters for the All-Russia Championship, and to participate in it, getting chance to be nominated, is very important for every sportsman career.

The invited officials from Federal Agency on physical training, sports and tourism, and also from the Russian Federation of Sambo-wrestling once again could estimate level of the Kstovo Academy of Sambo. It, probably, will play the role in a choice of a place for the All-Russia Championship on Sambo-wrestling in 2005, where Kstovo is one of the basic applicants.

Tournament was supported by administration of the city of Kstovo and by Complex-oil Group, which renders assistance to development of sports in the Nizhniy Novgorod area on a regular basis.

Kstovo is considered to be one of the basic centers of Sambo-fighters preparation in Russia. Sportsmen from Kstovo have already proved their skills at numerous competitions and the championships on Sambo-wrestling. As one of the latest examples - in the All-Russia Championship which is passed in March in the city of Perm, master of sports from Kstovo Sergey Lopovok has won a rank of the Champion of Russia for the sixth time. By this he got the right to protect honour of our country in the World championship in Moldova this year.

Two more Kstovo sportsmen - masters of sports of the international class Alexander Sharov and Paul Shkapov have won bronze medals of the same Championship in Perm. In command offset the Nizhniy Novgorod team took the II place. The most part of the Nizhniy Novgorod team have made Sambo-fighters from Kstovo.

Sports in Russia, a high level of preparation of the Russian sportsmen are a subject of national pride and respect for our country in all over the world. It is very important to assist development of sports, especially in regions, to provide an opportunity of sportsmen to improve and show their skills at the Russian tournaments and at the championships of world value.

In fact, informal part of Forum's program began two days before Forum has officially started (April, 19). There was gala-evening "Russian Rhapsody" and football game Chelsea-Everton (ended with diplomatic result 0:0). And officially, at 10 a.m. on the 19th of April in Elizabeth's Conference-centre with reports by Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, by Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive of BP and some reports of a number of invited officials and heads of leading Russian and Western corporations was opened the first plenary session of Russian Economic Forum.

As Dmitry Parfenov mentioned in the phone call from London: "This year Forum has gathered together a lot of outstanding and important for the world economy personalities. And what is to be mentioned, they represent not only the largest corporations, but the companies of average business. That favourably supplements the program and structure of participants of the forum. Average business is always more mobile and quick in decisions, opened to offers and the main thing - is focused on its own development, and is ready to overcome any obstacles for that".

Forum is caused mainly by the necessity of efficient support for Russian business society and reforms enforced by Russian government; attracting international investments and civilized economic Russia-West relations development.

Forum's program officially opens at the 18th of April by exclusive gala-concert "Russian Rapsody". From 19th to 20th of the April the official part of the Forum takes place.

Many important questions need to be answered if Russia is to achieve real and lasting change: How dependent is economic prosperity on the world oil price? What can be done to further diversify the Russian economy? What is really being done to create a nurturing environment for SME's so crucial to Russia's lasting success? How much appetite will the new Government and Duma have for tackling much-needed structural reforms? What shape will the relationship between government and business take in the months ahead?

The 7th Russian Economic Forum will help to explore and unravel these and many other critical issues related to Russia's continuing political, economic and social development.

An exhaustive agenda will cover a variety of issues critical to Russia's future development (including many topics new for 2004): Investment and Infrastructure Development in Oil and Gas, Information Technology, Precious Metals Media Roundtable, Power and Money, Gas and Electricity Reform, Mergers and Acquisitions, Telecommunications, Banking and Finance, Prognoses for the Government and Duma, Real Estate , Small and Medium Sized Business Development, Regional Development, Corporate Responsibility and many other important questions.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Alexei Kudrin, Russian Minister of Finance
Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive of BP
Digby Jones, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Anatoly Chubais, CEO, RAO Unified Energy System of Russia
Aleksei Mordashov, Chairman of Severstal-Group
Victor Vexelberg, Chief Operating Officer & Member of the Board for TNK-BP
Kakha Bendukidze, General Director of OMZ (United Heavy Machinery)
Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman, London Stock Exchange
Sam Laidlaw, Executive Vice President for Business Development at ChevronTexaco
And other remarkable representatives of business and politics.

New office was opened as a part of a project of reorganization of Complex-oil's business management system. The main goal of reorganization is to coordinate the representative activity in regions, and to improve the quality of company's consumer service.

During reorganization there will be created a network of supply companies united by common work standards provided by the Head company. All operations with supply and sales will be fulfilled by regional representatives.

New address of Complex-oil office in Nizhny Novgorod is: Office 6, Minin Sq. 6, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
Tel/fax: +7 8312 39 0484, +7 8312 39 0283

Today Complex-oil offices work in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kstovo, Kurgan and Mordovia.

Reason for that became regular assistance rendered by Complex-oil to Nizhny Novgorod Theatre for Young Spectators and the Agreement for Social Partnership signed by Complex-oil and the Theatre in Autumn, 2003. According to this Agreement, Complex-oil provides the Theatre with regular financial help and pays fellowships to young and talented actors.

Most of reports were devoted to the involvement of businesses in social policy and to common problems in corporate social programs fulfillment.

Round tables, which became a part of the program divided in spheres of economic interests (industry, finances & consulting) to analyze different types of social problems resolution. Second day round tables discussed legislation, social responsibility ratings, social accounting, public relations and charity projects and also how major activity of a company is influenced by social projects.

A particular event in the program became podium discussion moderated by Vladimir Solovjev (NTV), devoted to contradictory question: "Who must be responsible for social problems resolution?"

Comments:

Dmitry Parfenov, President of Complex-oil:

"It is not the first conference in Russia, devoted to questions of corporate social responsibility, but probably the first, that united such representative participators. Very important thing is that Russian business starts to recognize its responsibility in face of the society. And not only the biggest companies pay attention to this, but also medium enterprises.

I'm glad charities in Russia are close to transform in systematic activity and to turn to real social investments, headed to long-term common work in social sphere. This is definitely a positive tendency that is to change a lot in Russian economy in the near future".