Rosneft says BP should return to Russia, promises dividend
Reuters
Published Nov 01, 2022 15:14
Updated Nov 01, 2022 15:48
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian energy giant Rosneft said on Tuesday that international major BP (LON:BP) should rethink its decision to leave Russia and return to its operations in the country, promising more dividend pay-outs.
Rosneft's Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin said last week that BP is entitled to $700 million in second-half 2021 dividends, which Rosneft transferred into special "C" accounts in Russia, while BP remained Rosneft's "shadow" shareholder.
Many Western companies, including oil majors, have left Russia since Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Rosneft accounted for around half of BP's oil and gas reserves and a third of its production.
"We can only heartily advise our colleagues from BP to remove the issue of exiting assets in Russia from the agenda and return to their native bosom," Rosneft said.
Rosneft also said its board will discuss payment of nine-month 2022 dividends later this month and BP may "increase its earnings from the Russian business by another around $700 million".
BP was not immediately available for comment. It said last week that its position on Russia remained unchanged.
Rosneft also said that nothing stops BP from using dividends on investments in developments of joint projects in Russia.
BP said on Feb. 27 that it was divesting its 19.75% stake in Rosneft, ending three decades of partnership between the two companies and would take a charge of up to $25 billion.
(This story has been officially corrected after Rosneft corrected expected amount of interim dividend for BP for nine-month 2022 to $700 million from $600 million in paragraph 6.)
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