Rosneft Seeks to Raise $15Bln to Buy Into TNK-BP

Moscow Times 19 September 2012 Rosneft is talking to banks about raising $15 billion in debt financing as it inches toward a deal to buy BP’s one-half stake in TNK-BP, bankers said Wednesday. Rosneft and the British oil company briefed President Vladimir Putin...

Putin Order Gives Nod to Energy Assets Sale

Reuters via The Moscow Times 25 May 2012 President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the government to approve a plan to sell assets held by state energy holding company Rosneftegaz in 2013-15, paving the way for the sale of stakes in Gazprom and Rosneft. The decree...

FAS approves Rosneft purchase of 51% of Itera

FinancePlus by Charles Borden 12 April 2012 RIA Novosti reports that Russia’s Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) has approved a petition by Russian oil company Rosneft to buy 51% of Itera. In February, Rosneft and Itera inked a strategic cooperation agreement...