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Incoming, Outgoing BP Chiefs to Meet Russian Partners

   VOA News 31 July 2010
   Members  of  BP  executive team, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward,
   Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, in London,
   27 Jul 2010

Photo: AP

   Members  of  the British Petroleum executive team, from left, outgoing
   CEO  Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob
   Dudley,  pose  for  the  media  outside  their  global headquarters in
   London, 27 Jul 2010

   Incoming  BP  head  Robert Dudley is expected to travel to Russia next
   week for the first time since fleeing the country in 2008, signaling a
   thaw between BP and its Russian partner TNK-BP.
   Dudley  is  the  former  chief  executive of TNK-BP and will travel to
   Moscow with outgoing BP chief Tony Hayward.
   The   Financial   Times   reports   their   discussions  with  Russian
   counterparts will likely include the sale of Venezuelan assets from BP
   to TNK-BP, to help meet the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
   Dudley was compelled to leave Russia in 2008 in a dispute over control
   of TNK-BP.  He officially replaces Tony Hayward October 1.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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