map 5.4 identifies LUKOIL's foreign operations. Note that most of these countries are close to Russia. As of 2012, LUKOIL had almost 6000 filling stations worldwide. One of its farthest locations From Russia is the United States, where the company's expansion has occurred mainly through the acquisition of Getty Petroleum in 2000, and a string of gasoline stations owned by ConocoPhillips in 2004. Despite LUKOIL's foray into international business, it depends mainly on the Russian market for its sales and oil reserves