Vagit Alekperov Quotes
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Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.
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In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
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I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.
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I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia.
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I am a normal guy.
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Gas consumption is growing everywhere.
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I am mainly speaking about oil refineries. It allows us to switch from retail sales of crude oil to working with our end-users.
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We believe we are ready to buy heavily on the European and US markets, and we have been considering a number of large facilities that we are planning to buy.
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Last year, we commissioned a new gas deposit, and our agreement with Gasport has worked.
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The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing.
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We're constantly on the look-out for new projects and monitoring the market. We'd like to bolster our core assets, including exploration, refining, processing and retailing assets in the regions where we have a strong presence.
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We think that we are close to making considerable acquisitions in the European and American markets.