"Alexander Temerko, a leading oil industrialist in Britain, has launched a stinging attack on BP, accusing it of abandoning its lead role in the North Sea in favour of championing the interests of Russia.
With the European Union threatening new sanctions on Russian, the director of Newcastle-based offshore engineering and construction group, OGN, says the British-based oil company has lost interest in its home base since taking a 20% interest in Kremlin-controlled Rosneft."
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/31/oil-industrialist-accuses-bp-neglect-north-sea-operation