Employee operates an excavator while sorting sulphur at Bashneft - Ufaneftekhim refinery in Ufa
An employee operates an excavator while sorting sulphur at Bashneft - Ufaneftekhim refinery in the city of Ufa, April 11, 2013. Middle-sized Russian oil company Bashneft said on Monday net profit increased in 2012 by 4.5 percent, year-on-year, to 52.1 billion roubles ($1.68 billion) on the back of rising production and exports. Picture taken April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS)