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Russian Government Proposes that BP CEO Dudley Join Rosneft Board

01.03.2013 - Russia has offered BP CEO Bob Dudley a seat on the board of directors of state-controlled oil company Rosneft, in which BP is soon to raise its stake, a decree signed by Prime...

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Rosneft in Talks to Increase Oil Supply to China

18.02.2013 - Russia's top crude producer Rosneft said its chief executive had started talks in China over the possibility of increasing oil supplies to the world's largest energy consumer. The...

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Glencore, Vitol in $10 Billion Loan to Buy Rosneft Crude

28.01.2013 - Commodity traders Glencore International and Vitol have asked banks for a $10 billion syndicated loan to finance the purchase of up to 67 million tons of crude oil from Russian...

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Rosneft Gets Huge Loans and Supply Deals for TNK-BP

24.12.2012 - Rosneft, seeking to wrap up Russia's largest-ever takeover deal, has raised $16.8 billion in bank loans and signed long-term supply deals with two leading oil traders that could be...

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European Energy Firms Back Gazprom at Pipeline Ceremony

07.12.2012 - European energy executives lined up with Russian President Vladimir Putin to witness the first weld on the South Stream pipeline on Friday in a show of support for a project that...

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Rosneft Sees TNK-BP Deal with AAR in December

30.11.2012 - Rosneft, Russia's biggest oil company, should sign a binding agreement next month to buy half of oil company TNK-BP from the AAR consortium of Soviet-born tycoons for $28 billion....

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TNK-BP Wins $6 Billion Russia Gas Deal

13.11.2012 - Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP is set to sign a deal to supply Russian power producer TGK-5 with gas worth as much as $6 billion over 18 years, TGK-5 said on Tuesday, in the...

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BP Freed for Further Rosneft Co-Operation

13.11.2012 - British oil company BP took a further step towards closer ties with Russian state oil company Rosneft on Tuesday as the partners in its existing venture in the oil-rich country...