Lukoil-Nizhnevartsk milling factory Lukoil Chernozemchenefteproduct Lukoil-Nizhnevarq Neft Lukoil Overseas Holding Ltd. (Perm) Lucoil-Permeagnophosphoretic Acid Lukoil-Permnefteproduct Lukoil-Perm Lukoil-Severo-Zapadnefteproduct Lukoil-Severnefteproduct Lukoil-Ukraine Lukoil-Energogas Lukoil-Yugnefteproduct Lukoil Americas Corporation LITASCO Lukoil Bulgaria ЕООД Lukoil Macedonia Ltd. Lukoil Croatia Lukoil Serbia AD Lukoil-Engineering Lukoil-Inform Lukoil-Energosethy Lukoil-Uralnefteproduct Lukoil-Uhtanepoparerepotka Lukoil-Ecoenergo Lukoil-Rostovenergo Lukoil-Energoinjing Lukoil-TsUR Lukoil-Astrakhanenergo Lukoil-Kubanenergo Lukoil-Volgogradenergo Lukoil-TTK RITEK Trade house "Lukoil" Lukoil-Inter-Card Lukoil Czech Republic s. r. o (Prague, Czech Republic), Lukoil-Belorussia (Minsk, Belarus), Lukoil-Baltija (Lithuania) Lukoil-Belgium N.V. (Belgium) Lukoil-Reservnnefteproduct Arkhangelskgeolaspredka (Arkhangelsk) Environmental record According to Lukoil, their numbers in 2007 recorded a drop of 7.8% in the volume of pollutant effects and a drop of 3.8% in the area of contaminated lands compared to 2006. These numbers came after an appeal from EMERCON, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Recovery, which proposed that Lukoil participate in the development of monitoring, prevention, and emergency recovery systems. In an effort to increase productivity, Lukoil organized a contract to begin an oil pumping block in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. It arranged an Environmental Impact Assessment of the drill site in order to organize a second exploration drill. This block, D-222, was the largest prospective structure in the north-east section of the Caspian Sea as of 2008. The key issue was to assess how much damage the oil block would inflict on local fish populations. Taking into account the depth of the operation, around 700 meters, the amount of harm was projected to be minimal, with the majority of the damaged marine life being plankton and benthos. A rescue and salvage ship would be stationed there to mitigate the environmental effects on the area. Lukoil would develop contingency plans for oil spills and implement an environmental monitoring system. At the same time, Lukoil faces criticism from various environmental organizations. In particular, the company's oil production in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad Oblast was criticized as it is 22 kilometers away from the Curonian Spit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to a number of critics, Lukoil inherited the worst standards of the Soviet oil industry with respect to the environment, not taking enough responsibility to minimize pollution in its oil fields and refineries. Lukoil has been ranked as among the 14th best of 92 oil, gas, and mining companies on indigenous rights and resource extraction in the Arctic. In the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI) Lukoil is ranked no. 37 out