Russia's largest private oil company, LUKoil, increased US GAAP net profit in the first nine months of this year by 29 pct year-on-year to $6.82 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
Revenue in the same period grew 34.3 percent compared with the same period in 2009 to $76.272 billion, the company said.
The results were higher than analysts' forecast of a $6.057 billion net profit on average and revenue of $75.277 billion.
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti)