Robert Dudley to replace BP CEO Tony Hayward as oil giant reports $17 billion loss
July 27th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- U.K. oil giant BP on Tuesday announced that embattled CEO Tony Hayward will step down by "mutual agreement" as the company's chief executive on October 1 after reporting ... Read more...
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BP announces Hayward’s departure, reports $17 mn quarterly loss (Lead)
July 27th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (DPA) Oil giant BP Tuesday announced a record quarterly loss of $17.1 billion as a direct result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said its embattled chief ... Read more...
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Hayward likely to take charge of BP’s Russian joint venture with TNK
July 27th, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): BP chief executive Tony Hayward, whose resignation is expected any moment before the stock market opens today, is rumoured to have been offered a board role within British ... Read more...
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Report: BP chief executive Hayward to be nominated for board position at Russia’s TNK-BP
July 26th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- British Petroleum (BP) chief executive Tony Hayward will be nominated for board position at Russia's TNK-BP, Sky News reported on Monday.According to the report, Hayward's departure would be ... Read more...
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Venezuela and Russia complete oil deal negotiations
September 14th, 2009 - 8:16 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Sep 14 (EFE) Venezuela and Russia have completed negotiations for joint production from one of the fields in the oil-rich Orinoco Belt, Venezuelan state-owned oil giant PDVSA said.
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Russia, Venezuela sign package of oil deals
September 10th, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 10 (RIA Novosti) Russia and Venezuela signed Thursday a package of deals, including one to develop the Latin American country's Orinoco oil belt, with estimated reserves of 235 billion barrels ... Read more...
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Russian diplomat calls for normalising ties with Britain
November 15th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 15 (RIA Novosti) Russia and Britain should resume regular intergovernmental contacts to normalise thier relations that were strained over the past two years, a junior Russian minister has said."It is ... Read more...
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Oil giant BP reports huge profit rise
October 28th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 28 (DPA) Oil giant British Petroleum (BP) saw its profits jump to 6.4 billion pounds ($10 billion) on account of high oil prices in the third quarter of 2008, the ... Read more...
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Russia to provide $9 bn to oil, gas majors
October 14th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Msocow, Oct 14 (RIA Novosti) Russia would provide $9 billion to the country's four top oil and gas companies, including Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP, to refinance their foreign debt, a Russian business ... Read more...
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Russian oil companies want consortium in Latin America
September 18th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Sep 18 (RIA Novosti) Russia's five major oil companies have said they are interested in setting up a consortium to boost operations in Latin American countries. The oil firms which have ... Read more...
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British Petroleum to end joint venture dispute with Russia
September 4th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
London/Moscow, Sep 4 (DPA) Energy giant British Petroleum (BP) has moved to resolve its long-standing dispute with Russia over the TNK-BP joint venture and said controversial chief financial manager Robert Dudley would ... Read more...
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Russian prosecutors summon CEO of Russian-British oil joint venture
July 26th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Moscow, July 26 (RIA Novosti) The CEO of Russian-British oil venture TNK-BP Robert Dudley has been summoned by prosecutors here, the company said Saturday. Dudley had been told to appear at ... Read more...
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Venezuela announces arms deal with Russia
July 22nd, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Moscow, July 22 (DPA) Venezuela President Hugo Chavez announced new arms purchases from Russia and agreed on an energy partnership with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday. "We want peace, but we have ... Read more...
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‘TNK-BP row is a dispute over control’
June 12th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Stockholm, June 12 (DPA) The ongoing row over Russian-British oil firm TNK-BP was basically a "dispute over control," BP chairman Peter Sutherland said Thursday. TNK-BP is Russia's third largest oil producer and ... Read more...
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Medvedev stresses Russia’s leading role in global economy
June 7th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
St Petersburg, June 7 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stressed Russia's leading role in the world economy Saturday and criticized US fiscal policy. "Russia has long been a global player and now ... Read more...
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Oil major BP recalls 148 employees from Russia
March 26th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 26 (RIA Novosti) A total of 148 employees of Britain's BP working in Russia for TNK-BP have been recalled from Russia due to problems with registration, the Russian-British venture ... Read more...
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Russia open to rebuilding ties with Britain: Medvedev
March 25th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 25 (RIA Novosti) Rebuilding relations with Britain is in Russia's interests, the country's president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, said in an interview with The Financial Times published Tuesday. Ties between Russia ... Read more...
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Industrial spies’ arrest not related to British Council: Russia
March 21st, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 21 (RIA Novosti) The arrests of two men by the internal security agency for alleged industrial espionage are not related to the recent closure of British Council offices, the ... Read more...
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Two alleged industrial spies held in Russia
March 21st, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 21 (RIA Novosti) Russia's domestic security service has detained two men with dual Russian-US citizenships for alleged industrial espionage. The Federal Security Service (FSS) Thursday said its officers detained ... Read more...
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Russia detains two US citizens on espionage charges
March 21st, 2008 - 1:09 am ICT by admin
DPA
Moscow, March 20 (DPA) Russia's secret service said Thursday it had detained two US citizens, one an employee of oil firm TNK-BP, on charges of industrial espionage after a raid of the ... Read more...
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