Russia: Rosneft baits the debt markets

$45 billion cash for TNK BP; Bond markets wait for more

Buy now while stocks last! That seemed to be the sales pitch in a $3 billion debut Eurobond from Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft late last year.

Many expected a much bigger issue, especially after the order book reached $25 billion. At the front of everyone’s mind was an agreement, announced in October, to pay UK oil company BP $17.1 billion in cash for a 50% stake in BP’s Russian venture, TNK BP.

Rosneft registered a $10 billion Eurobond programme in November.

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