British oil and gas company Shell, another market participant – thinks of the possibility of purchasing BP. This was reported by the agency Bloomberg Reference to resources.
According to the agency, a company has not yet been decided to purchase. Journalists said that the value of BP shares, which lost one -third of last year’s value, will depend on the value of shares. Now the shell market value is estimated to be £ 149 billion (approximately 16.2 trillion rubles) and BP is £ 56 billion (about 6.1 trillion rubles).
Bloomberg said that if the process takes place, it would be one of the biggest absorption in the history of the oil and gas industry.
BP in January announced Upon a decrease in 4.7 thousand in order to reduce costs, it will cause loss of jobs for approximately three thousand contractor employees. In his objection to employees, the company’s general manager Murray Ochincloss admitted that these changes would bring uncertainty for everyone who is at risk.
Previously, the USA We remember BP and Shell licenses for work in Venezuela waters.
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Source: Gazeta
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