Post Date:
Mar 1, 2022 6:47 AM
TAG ID:
eyepress112858
(RM)
Credit:
EyePress/Newscom
Format:
6000 x 3376 Color JPEG
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Gas station of the British multinational oil and gas company BP. The oil giant on Sunday Feb 27, 2022 announces it is to offload its 19.7 percent stake in Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft after Russia's act of aggression in Ukraine.The London headquarted oil giant had come under pressure from the UK government to make the move since Thursday's invasion. It has held the shareholding in the Russian company since 2013. BP chief executive Bernard Looney has resigned with immediate effect from the Rosneft board, as has fellow BP-nominated director Bob Dudley. (Ken Shaw/EYEPRESS)