People walk past the booth of Lukoil during the annual energy industry event Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued general licenses on Friday authorizing transactions involving certain Lukoil entities in Bulgaria and petroleum services and other transactions related to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, a posting on the Treasury Department's website showed.

Another license also authorized companies to talk to Lukoil about buying their foreign assets.

(Reporting by Timothy Gardner, Katharine Jackson)