Crude Oil - Russia Buying British Know-How

Kremlin-near Russian oil giant Rosneft is buying British Petroleum's TNK-BP for $12.3 bn and stake in Rosneft. The new nine-member board of Rosneft will therefore include two BP members. According to Bloomberg financial TV, the whole British-Russian deal will amount to $55 bn, thus making it the third-biggest oil transaction.

Rosneft has proven oil reserves of 22.8 bn barrels. It is needing BP's know-how to tap arctic oil reserves in Siberia.

[Source: CNN and Bloomberg TV on October 22]

俄石油公司（Rosneft）收购秋明—英国石油公司（TNK-BP）

据美电视台CNN报道 被俄罗斯政府控制的俄罗斯石油公司（Rosneft）22日宣布，该公司分别与英国石油公司（BP）和俄罗斯私人财团ＡＡＲ达成协议，购买它们各自持有的秋明—英国石油公司（TNK-BP）50％的股份。TNK-BP是2003年建立的俄英公司正在设法利用北极地区的石油，私人财团AAR就是Alfa-Access-Renova财团。TNK-BP现实的石油储备228亿桶。