BP to buy back eight billion dollars worth of shares

FTSE 100 oil and gas producer BP intends to carry out a share repurchase programme with a total value of eight billion dollars.

FTSE 100 oil and gas producer BP intends to carry out a share repurchase programme with a total value of eight billion dollars.

The decision to buy-back shares follows the completion on March 21st of the sale of BP's 50% interest in TNK-BP to Russian oil company Rosneft. The programme is expected to return to BP shareholders an amount equivalent to the value of the company's original investment in TNK-BP.

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