(Reuters) – Igor Sechin, the top of Russian oil main Rosneft, mentioned on Saturday that BP nonetheless stays its largest non-public shareholder regardless of having introduced its departure in February after Moscow despatched troops into Ukraine.
Talking on the St Petersburg Worldwide Financial Discussion board, Sechin, a long-standing ally of President Vladimir Putin, mentioned BP additionally nonetheless owns stakes in large-scale Rosneft initiatives together with Taas Yuriakh, Kharampurneftegaz and Yermak Neftegaz.
He mentioned dividends accruing to BP could be transferred to particular accounts, however didn’t elaborate additional.
Reporting by Reuters; Enhancing by Kevin Liffey
