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Shocked BP to exit Rosneft stake as fresh anxiety set to grip financial markets
Shocked BP to exit Rosneft stake as fresh anxiety set to grip financial markets
27 February 2022
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown
‘’The decision to exit the Rosneft stake will be an eye wateringly expensive one for BP, but the shocked board clearly felt they had no option but to pay the high price and distance the business from Russia’s aggression.
It marks a huge shift in position for CEO Bernard Looney who just two weeks ago...
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Η Βόρεια Θάλασσα, μια νέα παγκόσμια αρτηρία θαλάσσιων μεταφορών
Πρόσω ολοταχώς για τη μεσοπρόθεσμη επίτευξη υψηλών στόχων και κυρίως τη σταδιακή αύξηση της διά θαλάσσης μεταφοράς φορτίων από τη Σιβηρία ανακοίνωσε η Vostok Oil, θυγατρική της Rosneft. Κατά την πρόσφατη συνέντευξή του στο ρωσικό πρακτορείο ειδήσεων Tass, ο κυβερνήτης της περιφέρειας (Krai) του Krasnoyarsk στη Σιβηρία, Alexander Uss, δήλωσε ότι οι επενδύσεις της Rosneft σε έργα εξόρυξης και παραγωγής στην περιοχή θα οδηγήσουν σε ετήσιο μεταφερόμενο φορτίο κατά μήκος της διαδρομής της Βόρειας...