BP Wikileaks Cables
Read the documents from Wikileaks on BP in full
Wikileaks cables on BP in full
WHAT'S BEHIND THE RAIDS ON TNK-BP AND BP
1.(C) The backdrop to last week's raid on TNK-BP is a tale of intrigues inside intrigues with speculation running rampant over who is behind the attacks and why. We may never know but our best guess...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: BP PULLS STAFF AS AAR RATCHETS UP PRESSURE
1.(C) In a July 14 meeting with the Ambassador and in a July 17 briefing for Special Envoy Gray and Eurasian Energy Coordinator Mann, TNK-BP CEO Robert Dudley told us he did not see any positive reso...
31 Jan 2011
CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON ECONOMICS AND ENERGY
2.(SBU) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Moscow November 5-6, concluding a four-nation tour that included Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Belarus. Wen met with President Putin, PM Zubkov and FM Lavr...
31 Jan 2011
NEW DRAFT OF STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW WOULD TIGHTEN RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS
1.(SBU) A new and more restrictive draft of the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) and relevant amendments to the Subsoil Law are circulating and are expected to be considered by the Duma soon. Most signif...
31 Jan 2011
BP PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, AND LEGAL ACTION IN TNK-BP BATTLE
1.(C) BP Russia President Richard Spies told us July 7 that the company is pursuing a three-pronged approach of negotiations, legal action, and international pressure in its ongoing battle with Russi...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: BP AND AAR SIGN MOU, BP INFLUENCE DILUTED, DUDLEY OUT
1.(C) On September 4, BP announced that it had reached an agreement with AAR, its partners in TNK-BP, to resolve the ongoing dispute (reftels) over the future of the company. The agreement includes t...
31 Jan 2011
INSIDER VIEWS OF TNK-BP DISPUTE
1.(C) In meetings on June 18 and 19 with TNK-BP CEO Robert Dudley and Renaissance Capital's Deputy Chairman Robert Foresman (both Amcits), visiting NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick and EUR...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: CEO DUDLEY LEAVES TOWN, BP BRACES FOR AAR'S NEXT MOVES
1.(C) TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us late July 24 that CEO Bob Dudley left Moscow that evening after he learned, through his own and McCormick's FSB sources, ...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES RAISE STAKES
2.(C) In a May 28 meeting with ECMIN, AmCit Shawn McCormack, TNK-BP's Vice President for International Relations (strictly protect) said that BP had made a decision to forcefully respond to the conti...
31 Jan 2011
AAR AND BP NEGOTIATING A "CEASE-FIRE"
2.(C) Summers, a UK citizen (please protect), said that BP's dispute with AAR head reached the "end of the beginning" and that BP CEO Tony Hayward had met in Prague with Mikheil Fridman the day befor...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: COURT BARS DUDLEY FROM POST FOR SHAM LABOR VIOLATIONS
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31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT AS DEADLINE NEARS
1.(C) Foreshadowing a weekend of public claims and counter claims, TNK-BP's VP for International Relations Shawn McCormick told us last week that BP and its Russian partners are negotiating but not m...
31 Jan 2011
TNK-BP UPDATE: CFO LEAVES DUE TO ONGOING DISPUTE
1.(C) TNK-BP CFO James Owen resigned on August 4, citing the on-going dispute (reftel) over control of the company as hampering his ability to perform his job. TNK-BP's chief strategist, Kris Sliger...
31 Jan 2011
(C) TNK-BP END GAME?
1.(C) TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us November 7 that Russian shareholder German Khan has effectively taken control of the company. He confirmed that former N...
31 Jan 2011
Tuesday 1 February 2011
BP Wikileaks cables - Telegraph
via telegraph.co.uk
