Sechin: The head of BP will resign

The head of the British oil company BP Tony Hayword leaves his post and intends to present his successor. According to Bloomberg, Igor Sechin, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, announced this. "We know that Heyvordo leaves the post and present his successor," he said. Meanwhile, the official representative of BP Sheila Williams denied this information. Igor Sechin and Minister of Energy of Russia Sergey Shmatko on Monday must negotiate Hayword.

The representative of BP confirmed RIA Novosti that Heyvordo arrives in Moscow, but refused to clarify the schedule of his meetings. "Russian assets occupy an important role in the BP portfolio, so Hayword regularly comes to Russia," the company representative said. He recalled that the head of BP was going to come to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, but could not do this because of the hearing in the US Senate in the Bay of Mexico.

Last week it was reported that Hayword plans to come to Russia to meet with President Dmitry Medvedev about the financial condition of the company. According to the London media, Hayword intends to meet with Medvedev in order to personally assure him that the BP is not on the verge of bankruptcy. The terms of the alleged trip of the head of BP to Moscow have not yet been approved.

Earlier, Medvedev said in an interview with the American media that Russia is "not indifferent to what will happen to BP, especially since we have a Russian company that created a joint company with BP" (a joint venture TNK -BP. - Ed.). Commenting on the disaster that occurred on the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Medvedev said that the British company "would have to lose a large amount of money this year." The controlled BP platform Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisian on April 22 after a 36-hour fire, which followed a powerful explosion that claimed 11 people. The leak of oil, which has begun after and continues to this day, has already damaged the American states of Louisian, Alabam, Mississippi, Florida and threatens the region of ecological disaster.

On June 27, Igor Sechin said that the accident in the Gulf of Mexico would not have a negative impact on the activities of the Russian-British company TNK-BP. "BP is a powerful company with diversified assets, which is responsible for work," Sechin said. On June 11, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the possibility of selling a British BP in the Russian-British TNK-BP is not discussed. Experts expressed the opinion that BP can sell its share in TNK-BP to cover financial damage from the accident in the Gulf of Mexico.