Re: But the point of the argument is that, if Russia was America's "chow", as you say, it (Russia) would have allowed Rothschild, and whoever else, to take over Russian assets.
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History
On September 1, 2003, BP, one of the largest international oil companies, and Alfa Access Renova (AAR) announced the creation of a strategic partnership to jointly hold their oil assets in Russia and Ukraine. As a result, TNK-BP was created. Today, TNK-BP is Russia’s third largest oil company in terms of reserves and crude oil production.
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TNK-BP is a major Russian vertically integrated oil company, established in September 2003 as a result of the merger of Russian companies TNK (Tyumen Oil Co.) and SIDANCO with the majority of BP’s Russian oil assets.
The company is 50% owned by BP and 50% by a group of prominent Russian investors: Alfa Group, Access Industries and Renova (AAR). The shareholders of TNK-BP also own close to 50% of Slavneft. This interest will eventually be integrated into TNK-BP.
TNK-BP is headquartered in Moscow and is governed by a multinational management team, which consists of Russian and international executives who have worked in more than 50 countries worldwide. The team combines the best of Russian and international talent and experience and includes executives from BP, TNK, Sidanco and other international companies.
Today, TNK-BP is Russia’s second largest oil company. The company employs close to 100,000 people and operates in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions, including:
* West Siberia (in the Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk, Yamal-Nenetsk and Novosibirsk Regions);
* the Volga-Urals (in the Orenburg and Saratov Regions and the Republic of Udmurtia);
* East Siberia (in the Irkutsk Region); and
* the Far East (Sakhalin).
In 2004, average crude oil production totaled 1.44 million barrels per day (bpd), or 72 million tons per year. Current oil production is roughly 1.5 million bpd.
TNK-BP operates five refineries in Russia and Ukraine, and markets products through over 2,000 retail service stations operating under TNK and BP brands. Through its retail network, TNK-BP is among the market leaders in petroleum product sales in European Russia, including Moscow, and is the market leader in Ukraine.
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Profile of BP CEO:
John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
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For other notable people called John Browne, see John Browne (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable Edmund John Philip Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (b. February 20, 1948) is group Chief Executive of [British Petroleum]. He was born in Hamburg in Germany to a British Army officer and a Hungarian Auschwitz survivor. His father also worked in civilian life for Anglo-Persian Oil, which was later rebranded as British Petroleum and then as BP. He was educated at Kings School, Ely, St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a First Class Bachelor's degree in Physics; he later obtained an MS from Stanford Business School. In May 2003, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines.
At the suggestion of his father, Browne joined BP as an apprentice in 1966 while still at university. He has served as group chief executive since 1995. He is a non-executive director of the Intel Corporation and Goldman Sachs, a trustee of the British Museum, a member of the Governing Body of the London Business School and a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. He is also emeritus chairman of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Judge Business School, Cambridge as well as a trustee of the Conference Board, Inc. and a vice president and member of the board of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum.
In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and in 2001 named as one of the "people's peers" taking the title Baron Browne of Madingley, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire, and becoming a crossbencher (independent member) in the House of Lords.
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