In 2013 "Gazpromneft" to increase its IFRS profit by 3% to 182 billion roubles – forecast.

In 2013 "Gazpromneft" IFRS net profit  will increase by 3.12 % - to 181.8 billion roubles, according to the consensus forecast compiled by the "Prime" agency in a survey of analysts.

"Gazpromneft" plans to provide the IFRS financial statements for the fourth quarter of 2013 on Friday, February 28th. According to the analystse "Gazpromneft's" revenue in 2013 decreased by 0.8 % - down to 1.505 trillion roubles. EBITDA rose by 3.23 % - up to 333.539 billion roubles. The most optimistic forecasts for the net profit of the fourth quarter give the "Investkafe" experts - 50.4 billion roubles, the most pesimistic forecast - at JPMorgan (42 billion roubles). The maximum revenue forecast at "RIA Ranking" – is 399 billion roubles. The minimum – is at JPMorgan (361 billion roubles). The average dollar rate used in the calculations – is 32.5 roubles. "Investkafe" also gives the highest "Gazpromneft" EBITDA forecast (91.016 billion roubles), and the lowest - "VTB Kapital" (71.5 billion roubles). The analysts' forecasts for "Gazpromneft" net profit for the fourth quarter were as follows (in billion roubles):