Rosneft
Rosneft is not an energy company — it is a state-owned hydrocarbon extraction platform with climate costs baked into its balance sheet.
Russia
Empire, revolution and empire again, with the same geography underneath.
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Surgutneftegas
Vladimir Bogdanov · 1993
Surgutneftegas is a Russian oil and gas company formed in 1994 by merging state-owned entities holding major Western Siberian reserves. It became a private company in 1993 and has operated under Vladimir Bogdanov’s leadership since. Its business model relies on control of upstream assets, state-granted infrastructure rights, and export relationships — not capital markets, innovation, or transparency.
Gazprom Neft
A state-engineered oil company disguised as a startup — founded with ready-made assets, not a business plan.
Tatneft
A Soviet oil giant built on one field, one republic, and one decree—and still running on that logic sixty years later.
Transneft
Transneft isn’t a pipeline company — it’s Russia’s oil circulatory system, state-built, state-run, and state-priced.
Lancia
A legendary rally brand that stopped making real cars in 1992 — and has been selling rebadged Chryslers ever since.
Lukoil
Vagit Alekperov · 1991
Lukoil is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, formed in 1991 by merger of three state-run western Siberian oil enterprises: Langepasneftegaz, Urayneftegaz, and Kogalymneftegaz.
Novatek
Leonid Mikhelson · 1994
Novatek is a state-tolerated gas monopoly-in-waiting: dominant domestically, absent internationally, priced by regulation not competition.