Press releases in February 2009 | |||
In 2008 TNK-BP in Ukraine transferred more than 3,7 billion hryvnya to the budget
Based on the results of 2008, the companies of TNK-BP Group in Ukraine transferred more than 3,7 billion hryvnya of taxes and duties to the budgets of all levels, and this amount is 55 million hryvnya higher than the indices in 2007. In particular, payments to the local budgets grew by 23 %, while the amount of social contributions, including the ones to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, was raised by more than one third.
«TNK-BP in Ukraine is five and a half thousand employees, engaged in the sphere of supply and processing of crude oil and wholesale and retail trading of the petroleum products, — Sergey Lizunov, LLC TNK-BP Commerce President, has noted. — The Lisichansk Oil Refinery is one of the key enterprises of the Group, providing 20 % of the Lugansk oblast’ payments to the State Budget last year. Besides the payment of taxes in 2008, pursuant to the Agreement on cooperation in the social partnership sphere, TNK-BP in Ukraine sent more than 6,5 million hryvnya for regional programs».
According to the Company’s Manager, subject to the systemic support to the petroleum refining industry from the side of the Government, national oil refineries could raise their volumes of production and, accordingly, intensify the tax payments.
«In the first line it is necessary to harmonize export and import policy to establish equal competition conditions at the market and to stimulate modernization of the oil refineries, — Sergey Lizunov has underlined. — The top-priority objectives also include the establishment of effective systems for fuel quality control and protection of the intellectual property rights. Such approach will allow improving the position of conscientious producers and traders, which fact, in its turn, will have a positive impact on the filling of budgets and the social stability in the regions».
¹ | Types of payments | 2007 ãîä | 2008 ãîä |
1 | Payments to the State Budget | 3 578,6 | 3 603,6 |
2 | Payments to the local budgets | 38,9 | 47,8 |
3 | Social contributions | 63,1 | 84,6 |
4 | Total | 3 680,6 | 3 735,9 |
Reference for editors
TNK-BP is the international vertically integrated holding, ranked among top ten world largest private oil companies on oil extraction. The Company was established in 2003 as a result of the merger of ÂÐ Company oil and gas assets in Russia and the oil and gas assets of Alpha, Access/Renova (ÀÀR) Consortium. ÂÐ and ÀÀR are the owners of TNK-BP Company on the parity basis.
The principal objective of TNK-BP in Ukraine is to produce and supply high-quality oil products to the market of the country, working with maximum efficiency and focusing on the long-term perspective. To achieve this objective, the Company successively invests funds into oil refinery and sales facilities.
The business of TNK-BP Group in Ukraine is represented by the following key enterprises:
- LLC TNK-BP Commerce — the managing center, wholesale oil products’ trading at internal and external markets, carrying out of the coordinated investment policy, and ensuring of maximum efficiency in assets’ utilization;
- JV LLC Kersher — retail trading of oil products via the network of proper and jobber fuel stations, and fuel stations’ management; and
- CJSC LINIK (Lisichansk Oil Refinery) — crude oil processing and output of products.
TNK-BP has become the Ukrainian market leader in implementation of new requirements towards the fuel stations. Among them there are the following: location of the station, its appearance, modern equipment, and the quality of services. It is TNK-BP that has become the first in Ukraine to declare the transition from the «fuel filling station» concept to the typical «fuel filling complex» project.
The first fuel filling complex of TNK-BP was launched on July 9, 2004 in Kyiv. This fuel filling complex under the «TNK» brand has become the leader in the project on implementation of modern standards for comprehensive retail offers in Ukraine. In summer 2008 the first multifunctional fuel filling complex under the world-known BP trade mark was launched in Kyiv.
Source: Public Communications Department