The
Anglo-Russian
joint
venture
did
not
disclose
either
financial
details
or
the
buyer
for
the
sale.
Russian
news
agency
Interfax
said
sources
had
told
it
that
mid-sized
oil
producer
Russneft
was
the
buyer.
In
the
deal,
Russneft
is
gaining
100%
of
Novosibirskneftegaz
and
71.09%
of
Severnoeneftegaz,
the
latter
of
which
it
previously
owned
before
selling
to
TNK-BP.
The
Anglo-Russian
venture
is
shifting
focus
to
producing
oil
from
greenfields
in
East
Siberia.
"This
approach
provides
us
with
the
operating
and
financial
resources
to
pursue
large-scale
development
projects
in
Russia's
new
petroleum
provinces,"
Mikhail
Slobodin,
TNK-BP's
executive…
