KIEV, Sept. 12 - Lukoil will reopen the Odessa Oil Refinery on Oct. 25 following reconstruction that began in the summer of 2005, company President Vagit Alekperov told reporters in Kiev.

The opening ceremony will coincide with a joint meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian unions of industrialists and entrepreneurs in Odessa, he said.

He said the progress in reconstruction of the Karpatnaftokhim and LUKOR petrochemical plants was also discussed at meetings with the Ukrainian government.