Inkampani kawoyela yaseRussia, i-TNK-BP (TNBP.MM), ephakathi kukawoyela mayelana nobunikazi, ngoLwesibili ihlulwe empini yokuvimbela owayeyisisebenzi ukuba akhiphe amaphepha athi awubufakazi benkohlakalo esezingeni eliphezulu enkampanini nakuhulumeni. .
Lo mzamo wokuvala umlomo wawuyingxenye yengxabano eqale ngoMashi nonyaka phakathi kwenkampani kawoyela yesithathu ngobukhulu eRussia kanye no-Igor Lazurenko, owesulile njengenhloko yebhizinisi elisha, ukuthuthukiswa nokucutshungulwa ngo-April.
I-TNK-BP iwine umyalelo wokuvinjelwa ngoJulayi ukuvimbela uLazurenko ukuthi adalule imibhalo. Lo myalelo wamukelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ehlobo kodwa wasuswa nguShansela weNkantolo eNkulu yaseLondon, u-Andrew Morritt, naye onqabile isicelo sokuthi kwelulwe isigwebo.
ULazurenko ubhekene nezinsolo zokukhwabanisa alethwe ngumqashi wakhe wangaphambili.
NgoMashi, umqondisi we-TNK-BP nomnikazi wamasheya u-German Khan wenza u-Lazurenko waba isihloko sophenyo lwangaphakathi mayelana nokufaneleka kwezinsolo zokuthola izinkokhelo ezithile ezinkulu.
ULazurenko, owayeyisisebenzi kusukela ngo-2003, wesula ngenyanga elandelayo. Ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo, waya kubameli be-TNK-BP ngoJuni wabakhombisa amaphepha, ethi ucabanga ukuthi “angayilimaza i-TNK-BP uma idalulwa ngoba ihlose ukuveza abasebenzi abaseqophelweni eliphezulu abenza inkohlakalo.”
Isitatimende sofakazi kamuva sikaLazurenko, esiphinde sembulwe emaphepheni angoLwesibili enkantolo, sathi imibhalo iqukethe “imininingwane yokungalungi phakathi kwe-TNK-BP nezinkampani eziphethwe ngokuzuzisayo futhi ezilawulwa yizikhulu eziphezulu kakhulu zeTransneft kanye nezikhulu zoMnyango Wezamandla obhekele ukulawula nokulawula. ukuqapha imboni kawoyela eRussia.”
I-Transneft iyinhlangano yamapayipi kawoyela eRussia kuphela.
I-TNK-BP ikuphikile ukuthi ayinalo icala yathi isaqhubeka nokukholelwa ekutheni leli cala lilungile, yengeza ngokuthi inkantolo ivumile ukuthi isivimbelo siqhubeke kuze kube kuvalwa umsebenzi ngoLwesihlanu ukuze inikeze isikhathi sokufaka isicelo eNkantolo Faka isikhalazo.
"Njengoba sishilo ngaphambili, ngesikhathi esebenza ne-TNK-BP, uMnu. Lazurenko wathola imibhalo eyimfihlo enqabile ukuyibuyisela ngemuva kokusula kwakhe," kusho isitatimende. "Okwamanje abameli bethu bakuqinisekisile ukuthi ababoni bufakazi bokuthi i-TNK-BP inephutha emibhalweni."
Isinqumo sikaMorritt siza njengoba abanikazi bamasheya ababili be-TNK-BP, inkampani kawoyela yaseBrithani i-BP (BP.L) kanye neqembu losozigidi abane abazalelwa eSoviet uKhan engomunye wabo, bebambene phezulu neqembu likawoyela laseRussia elilawulwa uhulumeni iRosneft (ROSN). MM) phezu kobunikazi besikhathi esizayo benkampani engu-$50 billion.
I-BP kanye namabhiliyoni bawile ngenxa yokuqondisa kwebhizinisi. Bobabili bathe bangase badayise, kodwa ngamunye ubuye abe umthengi ongase athenge isiteki selinye iqembu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Rosneft, ikulungele ukunikeza isiteki se-BP futhi ibonakala njengomthengi webhizinisi lonke, kanti i-BP ingase igcine ngokuba nedlanzana eRosneft ekupheleni kwesivumelwano.
(Reuters)
