commencement of commercial production at one of the most challenging fields in Iraq. International experience gained in Badra will be extremely useful for future international projects of Gazprom Neft. Acquisition of interest in the Garmian (40%) and Shakal (80%) projects in Kurdistan region in 2012. In 2013 the company entered the Halabja project (80% share) with reserves of 90 mln tonnes of oil. Italy. Gazprom Neft acquired an oil and lubricant plant in the city of Bari in 2009. Cuba. A 30% stake in a project for the development of four shelf blocks with reserves of 450 million tonnes. First appraisal well was drilled in 2011. Sponsorship Sibneft was the official sponsor of the CSKA Moscow football team. However, Gazprom Neft cancelled this deal in 2005 after Gazprom bought a majority stake in fellow Russian Premier Division football side, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Gazprom Neft also sponsors the Avangard Omsk and SKA ice hockey clubs, and a variety of running, five-a-side football, Nordic skiing and motorcross events. In 2010, Gazprom Neft and Gazprombank sponsored Russian racing driver Mikhail Aleshin during his championship-winning year. Sanctions In March 2022, as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the EU imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft. See also Gazprom City Lukoil Lakhta Center Naftna Industrija Srbije Rosneft Transneft Yuganskneftegaz List of oil exploration and production companies References External links Gazprom inks deal to buy Abramovich's Sibneft, Forbes.com, 28 September 2005 Forbes.com: Gazprom Neft analytics information Oil companies of Russia Gazprom subsidiaries Companies based in Saint Petersburg Economy of Omsk Energy companies established in 1995 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in Russia Companies listed on the Moscow Exchange Russian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Roman Abramovich Boris Berezovsky (businessman)