Oct 30, 2012 | News
Reuters 29 October 2012 Giant BP is set to exit its stake in the TNK-BP joint venture ahead of the AAR consortium of tycoons, when they sell out to state-controlled Rosneft, a source close to Rosneft told Reuters on Monday. BP has struck a deal to sell its stake in...
Oct 24, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 23 October 2012 Rosneft’s acquisition of TNK-BP has reportedly made Viktor Vekselberg Russia’s wealthiest man and gives the state back control of the oil industry that has been largely in private hands since the privatizations of the 1990s. As the dust...
Oct 19, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 17 October 2012 BP’s billionaire partners in a Russian joint venture tentatively agreed to sell their stake to state-controlled oil producer Rosneft for $28 billion, news reports said Wednesday. Alfa-Access-Renova, a consortium of four billionaires,...
Oct 18, 2012 | News
NY Times 17 October 2012 KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia — One way or the other, Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, is poised to significantly expand its oil and gas holdings in Russia. And BP, its latest Western partner, could benefit from whatever move Rosneft makes....
Sep 22, 2012 | News
Reuters 21 September 2012 SOCHI, Russia, Sept 21 (Reuters) – British oil company BP wants to buy a stake in Russian state-controlled peer Rosneft, adding a new dimension to a long-running struggle for control of a big chunk of the country’s oil production....