Apr 24th, 2009
by John Donovan.
Sibir also owns a 50 per cent stake in a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell to develop one of Russia's most promising fields, Salym, where production hit 80,000 barrels a day in January.
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Apr 23rd, 2009
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TNK-BP, the Russian oil venture half owned by BP, is launching a bid for a significant minority stake in Sibir Energy, the Aim-listed energy group dogged by corporate governance issues.
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Apr 23rd, 2009
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Now the company appears to be a takeover target. Earlier this month it denied reports it had received a bid approach from TNK-BP, which was said to be planning a £2.3bn offer. But it now seems there was something concrete behind the tale after all
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Apr 15th, 2009
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It seems like a more natural buyer would be Royal Dutch Shell or Gazprom Neft because they already have partnerships, Chirvani Abdoullaev, senior oil analyst at Alfa Bank in Moscow, said by telephone today.
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Mar 28th, 2009
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New crude oil production is the key to maintenance of competitive ability in the dog-eat-dog world of the international oil and gas super giant companies. To fall behind is to invite a takeover.
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Feb 26th, 2009
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Sibir's shares reached a peak of 830p last summer, giving it a market value of £2.5bn ($3.6bn), and it was contemplating a move to the main market, while there was speculation that Royal Dutch Shell, its partner in the Salym fields, would bid for the group.
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Dec 5th, 2008
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By Neil Hume and Bryce Elder
Published: December 5 2008 02:00 | Last updated: December 5 2008 02:00
Sibir Energy , the London-listed Russian oil company, recovered some of its losses from the previous session. Traders said Gazprom or Royal Dutch Shell might be tempted to take advantage of the problems at Sibir and make an offer for its oil business.
Its shares, which halved on Wednesday on news of a deal to buy property assets from one of its largest shareholders, bounced 29.9 per cent to 52p. read more
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Dec 4th, 2008
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The development of the Salym field in western Siberia, a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell, has been a huge success, taking Sibir's production to 76,700 barrels of oil per day last month, a very respectable amount for an independent. It has proved and tested reserves, under Russian definition, of 491m barrels of oil. An often-rumoured deal with Shell has so far come to nothing. But the reserves remain a valuable asset and the best hope for shareholders is that some way can be found to realise that value.
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Oct 17th, 2008
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Sibir sank 32.9 per cent to 204¾p, valuing the company at £791m. Three months ago it had been worth £3.2bn, bolstered by hopes that Royal Dutch Shell would take a stake.
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Oct 1st, 2008
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Tchigirinski denied a Financial Times report today that said Shell poised to buy a holding in Sibir this year. ``We aren't selling a stake,'' the businessman said by phone.
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Oct 1st, 2008
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Shell has been trying to improve its position in Russia, after it had to cede control in major offshore project Sakhalin 2 to state-controlled Gazprom last year. Shell now owns 27.5 percent of Sakhalin 2.
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Oct 1st, 2008
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Royal Dutch Shell's interest in Sibir Energy is an acknowledgment of the smaller company's success in securing its position in Russia.
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Oct 1st, 2008
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Royal Dutch Shell is poised to take a large stake in Sibir Energy, the Russia-focused oil group, by the end of the year.
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Aug 4th, 2008
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Two years ago, the company was forced to surrender control of the huge Sakhalin-II oil field to Gazprom in what was seen as part of a wider move by the Kremlin to renationalise its resource assets.
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