Threat to TNK-BP gas licence

Article reports that Russia moved closer to stripping BP's Russian oil venture of its licence to develop a big east Siberian gas field, February 2010, ahead of negotiations on a potential sale of the field to a state-controlled rival.

ESO: Background information: Mixed Russia messages threaten oil investment http://www.europeansources.info/record/mixed-russia-messages-threaten-oil-investment/

Website: TNK-BP: Kovykta Project http://www.tnk-bp.com/operations/exploration-production/projects/kovykta/

Wikipedia: Kovykta field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovykta_field

The World Today, Vol.68, No.11, Dec 2012-Jan 2013: BP bounces back in Russia http://www.chathamhouse.org/node/187891

BP: BP in Russia http://www.bp.com/modularhome.do?categoryId=6790&contentId=7019058

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