For this purpose the two companies have announced a tender on the management of the transport by ice class tankers, “Oil of Russia” reported.

Russian “Sovkomflot” and Swedish Stena Bulk have already submitted applications for participation in the tender. Now the Lukoil and ConocoPhillips companies report that their joint daughter company “Narjanmarneftegaz” has included in the tender short-list the “Sovkomflot”, the Murmansk Shipping Company and the Swiss trader Western Petroleum.