TNK-BP to take 45% stake in Brazil onshore blocks

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Moscow—TNK-BP has agreed to buy the 45%stake held by Brazil’s Petra Energia in 21 blocksin Brazil’s Solimoes Basin, the Anglo-Russian oilventure said July 18, marking the further expan-sion of TNK-BP into international markets. The deal had been high on TNK-BP’s listof priorities, with the company’s deputy CEOMaxim Barsky last month saying it hoped tomake Brazil its third international focus afterVietnam and Venezuela by farming into theSolimoes assets (ON 7/1).