In 2012, LUKOIL Overseas executed an agreement to acquire Vanco Exploration Company, a service company of Vanco Group, and the name is changed to LUKOIL Overseas Offshore Projects Inc., with its headquarters in Houston, Texas.
In October 2015, LUKOIL Overseas Offshore Projects Inc. changed its name to LUKOIL International Upstream West Inc. The change in name is to better reflect the nature of the business of the Houston office.
