UPDATE 1-LUKOIL buys Russia oil firm from Hess for $2 bln
April 01, 2013 at 10:53 AM EDT
MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) - LUKOIL, Russia's second-largest crude oil producer, agreed to acquire small producer Samara-Nafta for $2.05 billion from Hess Corp as part of a long-term strategy to stabilise falling oil output.