BP and oligarchs face off as $4.9 billion claim looms

LONDON (Reuters) - BP and its billionaire partners in TNK-BP face off in arbitration on Wednesday, as the UK oil giant refutes claims it broke a shareholder agreement and should pay $4.9 billion (3.1 billion pounds) in damages.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18e87a4e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=BP+and+oligarchs+face+off+as+%244.9+billion+claim+looms&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F28%2Fuk-bp-russia-idUKTRE78R1AI20110928%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=BP+and+oligarchs+face+off+as+%244.9+billion+claim+looms&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F28%2Fuk-bp-russia-idUKTRE78R1AI20110928%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251690783/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18e87a4e/kg/253-264/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251690783/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18e87a4e/kg/253-264/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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