Alexandre Oboronkov leaped at the chance to work on the Filanovsky platform after it was launched in 2016, keen to see Russia’s largest Caspian Sea oilfield in action. The Filanovsky oilfield, along with the nearby Korchagin and Rakushechnoye fields, are key to the growth plans at Lukoil, Russia’s second-biggest oil producer, where Oboronkov works as deputy head of the Filanovsky platform. The company, controlled by executives Vagit Alekperov and Leonid Fedun, took its name from three oil towns in Lukoil’s tradition exploration region of western Siberian: Langepas, Urai, and Kogalym. One of the ships that dock at the Filanovsky is named Langepas. “The Langepas cargo ship which moves back and forwards to the platform reminds me of my homeland – Siberia,” said […]