RUSSIA / UK : BP Agrees To $12 Billion Cash/18.5%Stock Deal With Rosneft.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-bp-rosneft-idUSBRE89L06720121022

     BP will soon be a major partner with the Russian state in oil giant Rosneft.
     The newly announced deal will make Rosneft the world's largest publicly held oil company...and the number 2 pumper of crude after Saudi Arabia...with 4.5 million bpd.

     BP gets 18.5% of Rosneft stock...which added to its current shares...gives it 19.75% ownership.
      It also receives $12.3 billion in cash...in exchange for all its 50% of oil company TNK-BP.
     However...BP loses $4 billion in annual income from TNK's productive but mature fields.
     Rosneft will reportedly pay 4 Russian oligarchs $28 billion for their 50% of TNK-BP.
     The entire TNK-BP deal is valued at between $55-$61 billion.

     It now makes Putin confidant...Rosneft chief Igor Sechin...one of Russia's and the globe's most powerful people.

     TO READ: Profile of mysterious Igor Sechin, 52...whom Russia media calls 'Darth Vader'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/rosneft-tnkbp-sechin-idUSL5E8LI4ZC20121018