Dutchman Evert Henkes has become the second independent director of Russian-British oil firm TNK-BP. But the board is still short of another in- dependent director, without whom the company has had to cancel its first-quarter 2012 dividend decision.

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Midsized Russian independent Alliance Oil says it is determined to stem the alarming decline of its re- cently launched Kolvinskoye field after a 55% year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profits was over- shadowed by ongoing concerns about production.