Article: Russia : Gazprom Neft Bid for Sibir Energy Prompts TNK-BP Exit.

Byline: manish03

OAO Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia s state-run natural-gas exporter, plans to buy at least 16 percent of Sibir Energy Plc after making an offer that prompted TNK-BP to withdraw a lower bid.

Gazprom Neft will acquire a significant minority stake, the bidder said today in an e-mailed statement. Investment bank Renaissance Capital will buy the shares on behalf of the Moscow- based company. The bid values London-listed Sibir at about 1.92 billion pounds ($2.8 billion), Bloomberg calculations show.

TNK-BP, the BP Plc joint venture that s Russia s third- largest oil company, dropped an offer to buy Sibir shares for 430 pence ...

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