BP，which completed the sale of the half-owned TNK-BP to Russian state oil firm Rosneft on Thursday，said the move，designed to increase the value of remaining shares，was an amount equivalent to the value of the company‘s original investment in TNK-BP in 2003.
上周四，英國石油公司(BP)完成了其擁有50%股份的秋明-英國石油公司出售。BP宣布，將用其在2003年對秋明-英國石油公司的原始投資額等值的資金來增加其現存股票的價值。(路透社)
In 2003，BP invested nearly $8 billion cash，shares and assets in the formation of TNK-BP. Over the following decade，BP received $19 billion in dividends from the joint venture. BP sold its stake in TNK-BP to Rosneft，followed by a reinvestment in Rosneft shares，for an overall consideration of $12.48 billion cash，along with shares representing 18.5% of Rosneft. Therefore，BP currently holds a 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft.
2003年，英國石油公司投資近80億美元現金、股票和資產成立了秋明-英國石油公司。在此后十年時間里，英國石油公司累計獲得合資公司約190億美元的股利。俄羅斯石油公司用166.5億美元現金和公司18.5%的股份收購英國石油公司持有的秋明-英國石油公司50%的股份。目前，英國石油公司持有俄羅斯石油公司19.75%的股份。(納斯達克)
The British oil major confirmed on Friday that it would return $8bn of the $12.5bn cash proceeds to shareholders in its first buyback since 2008. It had previously said the pay-out will be at least $4bn.
這家英國石油公司上周五確認，公司將進行自2008年來的第一次回購，把125億美元現金收入中的80億美元返回給股東。之前公司曾表示將回購至少40億美元。(《每日電訊報》)
Shares in BP climbed 1.8 percent to 457.5 pence in early trading，making the company one of the biggest risers in London’s bluechip index，a move analysts attributed to the bigger than expected cash return.
由于這項分析員稱為高于預期的現金回報，英國石油公司的股票價格在交易中曾上漲1.8%，至457.5便士，成為當天倫敦股市藍籌指數股中漲幅最多的股票之一。(路透社)
BP’s chairman，Carl-Henric Svanberg，said：“This buyback programme should allow our shareholders to see benefits in the near-term from the value we have realised by reshaping our Russian business.”
英國石油公司主席思文凱說，這筆回購可以使股東看到公司通過重構俄羅斯業務所實現的價值的近期回報。(路透社)
The $4.5bn balance remaining from the Russian sale after the buyback will be used to reduce group debt，BP said.
英國石油公司表示，在回購后，出售秋明-英國石油公司股份后剩余的45億美元現金將用于削減集團債務。(《衛報》)