HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION AMOUNTED TO
246.6 MLN TOE
LIQUID HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION – 181.1 MLN
TONS
GAS PRODUCTION – 79.6 BCM
2P PRMS HYDROCARBON RESERVES – 11.5 BLN
TOE, RRR – 122%, RESERVE LIFE – 49 YEARS
REVENUE – RUB 8,236 BLN
EBITDA – RUB 2,173 BLN
FREE CASH FLOW – RUB 700 BLN
CAPEX – RUB 1,360 BLN
Rosneft Oil Company (hereinafter – Rosneft, the
Company) announces its results for 12M 2025 prepared in
accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS).
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12M 2025
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12M 2024
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% change
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RUB bln
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Revenues from sales and equity share in profits of associates and
joint ventures
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8,236
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10,139
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(18.8)%
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EBITDA
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2,173
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3,029
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(28.3)%
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Net income attributable to Rosneft shareholders
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293
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1,084
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(73.0)%
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CAPEX
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1,360
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1,442
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(5.7)%
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Adjusted free cash flow
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700
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1,295
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(45.9)%
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Commenting on the results for 12M 2025, Igor
Sechin, Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Rosneft stated:
"In 2025, the Russian oil industry found
itself in the epicenter of a ‘perfect storm’, triggered by a
combination of adverse market conditions, a challenging domestic
macroeconomic environment, and a hostile geopolitical climate.
Despite these challenges, the industry continues
to play the leading role in ensuring socio-economic development and
generating Russian budget revenues. Its contribution stems not only
from the mineral extraction tax and additional income tax, but also
from other fiscal payments made by oil companies (corporate income
tax, excise taxes on petroleum products, property tax, etc.).
Furthermore, the budget benefits from a broad range of revenues
generated by related industries such as metallurgy, mechanical
engineering, oilfield services, construction, transport, electricity
generation. Additional significant revenue sources include personal
income tax and social security contributions from employees in these
sectors, alongside dividends from oil and gas companies.
Consequently, the oil industry’s total contribution to budget
revenues is approximately twice the oil and gas revenue figure
reported by the Ministry of Finance.
Given the scarcity of ruble liquidity, the
industry essentially subsidizes the domestic market through foreign
exchange earnings, which supports the stability of the ruble exchange
rate and acts as a factor in curbing inflation.
The industry’s strategic importance makes it
a primary target for sanctions pressure. In addition to US blocking
sanctions on major oil companies, European pressure continues to
mount on through embargoes and price caps. Systemic pressure on the
key buyers of Russian energy resources is evidenced by sanctions
against the tanker fleet and widespread insurance denials, which have
caused insurance premiums to surge by tens of times. The heightened
risks of vessel detention or seizure have exacerbated the situation.
In March 2026, freight rates for transporting Russian oil from the
Baltic Sea to India exceeded $20 per barrel – this represents a
tenfold increase in logistics costs compared to early 2022, when
delivery to traditional European markets averaged around $2 per
barrel.
Furthermore, cross-border payments remain
obstructed, as the Bank of Russia has yet to establish a
sanctions-resilient settlement system. Consequently, Russian
exporters and their counterparties have had to independently develop
foreign trade settlement solutions. This has led to a manifold
increase in the total payment and conversion costs compared to the
pre-crisis level.
In addition to financial, logistical, and
technological constraints, the industry now faces systemic threats
from terrorist attacks on oil infrastructure facilities including
refineries, storage facilities, filling stations, terminals, and oil
pipelines.
The current market and geopolitical situation
significantly impacted the Company's financial performance in the
reporting year. Falling oil prices, widening discounts,
alongside the production restrictions under the OPEC+ agreement,
systematic restrictions by Transneft on the acceptance of the crude
oil into the pipeline system, and national currency appreciation, led
to decline in sales revenue. Moreover, costs were driven upward by
the growth in tariffs of natural monopolies, which outpaced
inflation, and the increasing complexity of cross-border settlements
and logistics. These factors collectively exerted downward pressure
on EBITDA for 2025.
The Bank of Russia’s elevated high key rate is
noteworthy, with its average level exceeding 19% in 2025. This
resulted in a significant increase in debt servicing costs, which
were more than four times higher in the reporting year than in 2020
despite comparable debt levels. The increase in the statutory
corporate income tax rate put additional pressure on the net income.
In Q4 20225, unlike other sector players, the Company did not have to
recognize significant losses following the imposition of US blocking
sanctions, thanks to prudent management decisions to proactively
minimize its presence in unfriendly countries.
The market environment remains highly volatile
this year. After two months of relatively low prices, the oil market
reacted sharply to the escalation of the conflict between the United
States and Iran and the subsequent disruption of shipping through the
Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, the positive impact of rising oil
prices on industry revenues should not be overstated, as it is
largely offset by higher costs for freight, insurance, and currency
conversion. The primary beneficiaries of the current price hike are,
first and foremost, logistics, transport, insurance companies and
financial institutions.
Under the current market conditions, the Company
is prioritizing operational efficiency and cost optimization. The
project portfolio undergoes continuous monitoring and ranking. During
the reporting year, capital expenditures were slightly reduced, while
the Company continued to generate free cash flow, which has remained
positive for 22 consecutive quarters.
The Company’s business plan is based on
conservative macroeconomic assumptions, including oil price of 45
dollars per barrel, and envisages debt burden reduction without the
need for new borrowing.
Despite the negative external background, the
interests of shareholders remain one of our main priorities - the
Company has been continuously paying dividends since 1999. General
meeting of shareholders held at the end of 2025 approved interim
dividends of RUB 11.56 per share for 1H 2025. I should note that over
the past year the number of our shareholders has grown by almost
170,000 to 1.67 million people."
Operational performance
Exploration and production
Production of liquid hydrocarbons in 2025 amounted
to 181.1 mln tons (3.69 mln bpd), including 46.4 mln
tons (+2,2% QoQ) in Q4 2025. The indicator performance was driven by
the change in oil production quota in compliance with the decisions
of the Russian Government.
Company's gas production in 2025 amounted to
79.6 bcm (1.33 mln boepd), including 21.3 bcm (+12,4%
QoQ) in Q4 2025. The indicator performance was due to the scheduled
preventive maintenance at the key assets. The Company’s primary
goal for the near future is to maintain gas production at the current
level.
As a result, the Company's hydrocarbon production
in 2025 amounted to 246.6 mln toe (5.02 mln boepd)
In 2025, development drilling exceeded 11.8 mln
meters, and over 3 th. new wells were commissioned, 74% of them were
horizontal wells.
Rosneft completed 1.2 th. km of 2D seismic and 3.7
th. sq. km of 3D seismic onshore Russia. The Company completed
testing of 49 exploratory wells with a success rate of 90%.
High exploration efficiency made it possible for
the Company to discover 6 fields and 112 new hydrocarbon deposits in
2025 with 0.3 bln toe of ÀÂ1Ñ1+B2Ñ2 reserves. As a result,
Rosneft’s hydrocarbons reserves under the Russian classification
amounted to 21.7 bln toe (ÀÂ1Ñ1+Â2Ñ2) at the end of 2025.
According to the reserves audit results under PRMS
international classification (Petroleum Resources Management System),
the Company's 2P hydrocarbon reserves amounted to 11.5 bln toe. The
2P reserves replacement ratio exceeds amounted to 122%, reserve life
– 49 years.
Refining
The volume of oil refining in Russia in 2025
amounted to 75.7 mln tons. Decrease in the refining volume is
attributable to the need for maintenance and repair works as well as
to the optimization of refinery utilization amid the current pricing
environment, logistics constraints and demand.
Rosneft continuously works to maintain a high
level of reliability of its oil refining assets. In particular, the
Company supplies the refinery process units with its proprietary
catalysts, which are essential for the production of high-quality
motor fuel. In 2025, more than 2.2 th. tons of catalysts were
produced for hydrotreatment of diesel fuel and gasoline fractions, as
well as protective layer catalysts. Rosneft subsidiaries also
produced 140 tons of gasoline reforming catalysts and over 250 tons
of catalysts for production of hydrogen, petrochemicals and
adsorbents.
Sustainable supply of high-quality motor fuel to
Russian consumers is one of Rosneft's key priorities. In 2025, 40.3
mln tons of petroleum products were supplied to the domestic market,
including 12.3 mln tons of gasoline and 16.4 mln tons of
diesel fuel.
Rosneft continues to actively participate of
trading activities at the St. Petersburg International Mercantile
Exchange. In the reporting year, 9.4 mln tons of gasoline and diesel
fuel were sold on the exchange, the share of the Company's sales in
the total exchange sales of these petroleum products exceeded 30%.
Financial performance
Against the background of lower oil prices and
ruble appreciation, the Company's revenue1 in 2025
decreased by 18.8% year-on-year, amounting to RUB 8,236 bln. At the
same time, the rate of reduction in costs and expenses was less than
that of the revenue, with one of the reasons being price pressure
caused by the outpacing inflation indexation of tariffs by the
natural monopolies. As a result, EBITDA in 2025 decreased to RUB
2,173 bln with an EBITDA margin of 26%.
In 2025 net income attributable to Rosneft
shareholders amounted to RUB 293 bln. The indicator is still
negatively affected by the high key rate of the Bank of Russia. In
addition, growing rate of the profit tax, non-monetary and one-off
factors negatively impacted on the indicator performance in the
reporting period.
In 2025, capital expenditures amounted to RUB
1,360 bln, which is 5.7% lower year-on-year, due to the planned
implementation of the investment program, primarily at the Upstream
assets based on strict ranking and optimization of the investment
projects portfolio. At the same time, free cash flow in the reporting
period reached RUB 700 bln.
The net debt/EBITDA ratio at the end of
2025 amounted to 1,5õ, which continues to remain at a level
significantly below the minimum covenant under the loan agreements.
ESG
In the reporting period, the Company continued
activities aimed at achieving sustainable development goals under the
Rosneft-2030 Strategy.
Rosneft applies advanced technologies and
state-of-the-art production methods to create a safe working
environment and minimize the risk of work-related injuries and
occupational illnesses. In 2025, the Lost Workday Injury Severity
(LWIS) went down by 18%.
As a result of accident prevention measures taken,
the number of incidents related to process safety at the Company’s
subsidiaries sites decreased. Particularly in 2025 the frequency rate
of process safety events (PSER-1) reduced by 50% compared to 2024.
The Ñompany makes a significant contribution to
the conservation of natural resources. In 2025, employees of the
company's enterprises planted 8.1 million tree seedlings of various
species during reforestation activities, and over the past five years
– almost 46 million.
In 2025, Rosneft reduced the area of contaminated
land by 15%, and the volume of oily waste by 33% under the corporate
program for the elimination of environmental legacy.
In 2025, Rosneft confirmed its leading position in
sustainable development in the Russian and global petroleum industry.
Thus, the international World Benchmarking Alliance recognized
Rosneft as the best Russian oil and gas company in four ratings
dedicated to a fair energy transition, social initiatives and gender
equality, as part of an assessment of the activities of 2,000 world's
largest companies.
The largest international investment and
consulting agency Institutional Shareholder Services also highly
appreciated Rosneft's environmental protection activities, having
included the Company in the group of leaders in the environmental
rating. Russia's largest non-credit rating agency, RAEX, assigned
Rosneft AA, a very high-level ESG rating.
Following the results of the annual review, the
Moscow Stock Exchange included the Company's securities in new
databases for calculating sustainable development indexes, including
the index of climate sustainability of non-financial companies, the
Moscow Stock Exchange-RAEX ESG balanced index and the group of
Indexes of the Moscow Stock Exchange – Russian Union of
Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
1 This includes sales revenue and
income from associated organizations and joint ventures.
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