CEO of Rosneft says BP still remains major stakeholder

(Reuters) – Igor Sechin, the pinnacle of Russian oil main Rosneft, mentioned on Saturday that BP nonetheless stays its largest personal 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)