EXHIBIT 10.8




01  Jan.  2003                                                      Kurgan  city

                                    CONTRACT

Limited  Liability  Company  "Zauralneftegaz"  in  the person of Director of OOO
'Region" Alexander Rochev, further referred to as the Employer, on one side, and
Oleg  Zhuravlev,  further  referred  to as the Employee, on the other side, have
entered  the  current  contract  outlining  the  following:

1.   With  the current employment contract, the Employee assumes the position of
     DIRECTOR  GENERAL  OF  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  "ZAUALNEFTEGAZ".

2.   Adhering to the current contract, the Employee performs all tasks specified
     in  the  position  duties  manual.
     The Employer assigns a monthly salary rate to the Employee consisting of 80
     000  (eighty  thousand)  rubles  to be paid when financing is raised.

3.   The  Employee  shall be granted annual vacation time in compliance with the
     employment  code.

4.   The  Employee  carries  full  responsibility  for  losses  caused  to  the
     organization.

5.   In regards to other issues, the sides hold rights and carry out obligations
     in  compliance  with  the  employment  code  requirements.

6.   The  current  contract is disclosed in two original copies and is in effect
     from  01  Jan.  2003  until  01  Jan.  2006.

7.   Premature termination of the contract must be carried out with reference to
     the  employment  code  requirements.

8.   Locations  of  sides: Employer: Limited Liability Company "Zauralneftegaz",
     Kurgan  city,  Lenina  St.,  27/X.
     Director  of  OOO  "Region":

/s/  Alexander  Rochev,
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Alexander  Rochev

Employee:  Oleg  Zhuravlev,  passport  series 37 03 #860838 issued 16 Sep. 2003,

Kurgan  city
450102465512   071-391-796-74.
D.O.B.  21  Nov.  1960.